THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“That you can now be called adult does not mean you have achieved your full power, only that you are able to acquire other and larger powers.”

— E.E. “Doc” Smith

BIRTHDAYS:

1601 Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit priest, scholar, and polymath whose prolific work spanned natural philosophy, linguistics, geography, music, and optics, earning him the moniker of the “last man who knew everything” for his encyclopedic approach to knowledge in the Baroque era.

1660 Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian Baroque composer renowned for his extensive output of operas, chamber cantatas, and sacred music, establishing himself as a pivotal figure in the development of the Neapolitan school of opera. Toccata Per Cembalo D’Ottava Stesa, and ‘Follia’ for Harpsichord

1707 Jean Barrière – French composer and cellist. Sonata II a Tre, Livre III

1890 E. E. Smith, American food engineer and sci-fi author (space opera pioneer, Triplanetary).

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