THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Without property rights, no other rights are possible.”

— Ayn Rand

BIRTHDAYS:

1586 Claudio Saracini, Italian composer, born in Siena, Grand Duchy of Tuscany. le Seste musiche. Fuge d-moll

1646 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, German mathematician and philosopher (co-developer of differential and integral calculus).

1725 Comte de Rochambeau, French Royal Army officer who played a critical role in the American victory at the siege of Yorktown in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War.

1869 William Strunk Jr., American grammarian and author (The Elements of Style).

MISCELLANEOUS:

SAFE AND SANE FIREWORKS. Sun unleashes powerful X-class solar flare and Earth-bound CME that could spark northern lights for July 4 weekend