THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“There are no uninteresting things, only uninterested people.”

— G.K. Chesterton

BIRTHDAYS:

1741 Johann Gottfried Krebs, German composer. Fuga in g, and Chorale Prelude Ach Gott, and Prelude and Fugue in C Major, and Trio Es-dur

1781 John Walker, English inventor and chemist (friction match).

1860 Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist, conductor, and composer. Asturias, and Granada

1874 G. K. Chesterton, English writer/author (Father Brown series).

1929 Peter Higgs, English theoretical physicist (Nobel Prize for Higgs boson).

MISCELLANEOUS:

ROBERT HEINLEIN, PLEASE CALL YOUR OFFICE. Companies like SpaceX want electromagnetic catapults on the moon. Could they be used as weapons?