THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Belief gets in the way of learning.”

— Robert A. Heinlein

BIRTHDAYS:

1756 Wojciech Żywny, Polish pianist, composer, and teacher (Chopin’s first piano instructor). Polonez

1842 Arthur Sullivan, British composer (known for comic operas with W.S. Gilbert, e.g., The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado; also Onward, Christian Soldiers). The Long Day Closes

1888: Inge Lehmann, Danish geophysicist and seismologist (discovered Earth’s inner core).

1937: Roger Zelazny, American poet and sci-fi author (Chronicles of Amber).

1937: Trevor Baylis, English inventor (wind-up radio).

MISCELLANEOUS:

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