THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Try not to become a man of success. Rather become a man of value.”

— Albert Einstein

BIRTHDAYS:

1578 Francesco Albani, Italian painter

1607 Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (known for Fermat’s Last Theorem)

1686 Nicola Antonio Porpora, Italian composer and singing teacher. Morte Amara

1870 Frederick F. Russell, American army physician (developed the first successful typhoid fever vaccine; scientist)

1890 Ralph Teetor, American automotive engineer and inventor (cruise control)

1903 Abram Chasins, American composer, Rush Hour in Hong Kong

MISCELLANEOUS:

PRETTY REMARKABLE CONSIDERING THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE DAY. On this day in space! Aug. 17, 1877: Asaph Hall Discovers the Martian moon Phobos