THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“What we lightly pass over as chaos is…a reflection of our failure to comprehend …the complex data of the free and unfettered market.”

— Leonard Read

BIRTHDAYS:

1757 Vladimir Borovikovsky, Russian painter.

1802 Alexandre Dumas, French author (e.g., The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo).

1803 Adolphe Adam, French composer (e.g., Giselle, “O Holy Night”). Act II pas de deux

1816 Józef Michał Poniatowski, Polish-Italian-French composer (also nobleman, diplomat, and tenor). “Pierre de Medicis”

1844 Ilya Repin, Ukrainian-Russian painter (e.g., Barge Haulers on the Volga)

1860 Alphonse Mucha, Czech Art Nouveau painter and artist

1878 Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (Irish sci-fi/fantasy writer)

1895 Robert Graves, English writer and poet (e.g., I, Claudius)

1935 Pat Oliphant, Australian-American sculptor (and editorial cartoonist)

MISCELLANEOUS:

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