THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.”

― Thomas Sowell

BIRTHDAYS:

1551 Giulio Caccini, Italian composer. Amor ch’attendi, and Amarilli mia bella

1696 Cornelis Troost, Dutch portrait painter

1868 Max Slevogt, German painter

1869 J. Frank Duryea, American inventor (early automobile)

1917 Walter Lord, American author (A Night to Remember)

1920 Frank Herbert, American author (Dune)

MISCELLANEOUS:

VERY INTERESTING. SUNBIRD.