THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“She had blue skin,
And so did he.
He kept it hid
And so did she.
They searched for blue
Their whole life through,
Then passed right by-
And never knew.”
― Shel Silverstein

BIRTHDAYS:

1599 Francesco Borromini, sculptor and architect

1663 Johann Nikolaus Hanff, composer. Auf meinen lieben Gott

1683 Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer. Les sauvages, “Forêts paisibles”, Les Indes galantes, and Cinquième Concert, La Cupis, and Chaconne from Les Indes Galantes

1906 Dmitri Shostakovich, Soviet composer and pianist, recognized as one of the foremost musicians of the twentieth century. Waltz No. 2, and Romance (from The Gadfly, Op. 97a), and Lady Macbeth von Mzensk – Suite (32:11)

1930 Shel Silverstein, poet and writer

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