THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.”

— Plato

BIRTHDAYS:

1561 Jacopo Peri, composer. L’Euridice, Prologo “La Tragedia” e Coro “Se de’ boschi”

1827 Josef Strauss, composer. Feuerfest (Polka francaise, op. 269)

1890 H. P. Lovecraft, Writer / Author / Novelist

MISCELLANEOUS:

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