THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Back in my old neighborhood, there was a special contempt for the kind of guy who was always trying to get two other guys to fight each other. Today, it is considered a great contribution to society to incite consumers against producers, tenants against landlords, women against men, and the races against each other.”

— Thomas Sowell

BIRTHDAYS:

1623 Wallerant Vaillant (French painter and engraver).

1808 Joaquim Casimiro Jr. (Portuguese composer). Coro Polifónico de Almada Dextera Domini

1883 Riccardo Zandonai, Italian composer, born in Borgo Sacco, Rovereto, Austria-Hungary. Ultima rosa, and Serenata medioevale

1900 James A. Parsons (American metallurgist and inventor, known for contributions to stainless steel).

MISCELLANEOUS:

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