THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

— George Orwell, 1984

BIRTHDAYS:

1655: Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker and inventor of the piano.

1738: Josef Kohaut, Czech composer. Concerto per il liuto, due violini & violoncello F-dur

1825: Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist and comparative anatomist (key scientist in evolutionary biology).

MISCELLANEOUS:

INTERESTING. World-First Study Reveals Human Hearts Can Regenerate After a Heart Attack