THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“All really great things are happening in slow and inconspicuous ways.”

— Leo Tolstoy

BIRTHDAYS:

1658, Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (Concerti Grossi). Trumpet Concerto in D Major, complete.

1682 Willem Ignatius Kerricx, Flemish architect, sculptor, and painter.

MISCELLANEOUS:

COULD THEY HAVE PICKED ANYTHING HARDER TO DO? Japan’s audacious sample-return mission to the Mars moon Phobos has made it to the launch pad