THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”

― Dorothy Parker

BIRTHDAYS:

1581 Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri), Italian Baroque painter.

1767 Francesco Ruggi, Italian opera and sacred music composer. Lu Primm’ammore (canzone napoletana).

1772 Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Romantic poet.

1775 Giuseppe Baini, Italian sacred music composer and conductor. Panis Angelicus.

1807 Miguel Hilarion Eslava. Spanish composer and priest. Allegretto, and Salve Regina, and Related.

1807 Napoléon Henri Reber, French composer and educator. String Quintet in C – moll, mvt.1 Allegro moderato.

1823 Emilio Arrieta. Spanish opera and zarzuela composer. Marina, and Dúo Marina y Jorge. Acto 3.

1843 Mark Antokolsky, Russian sculptor.

1914 Martin Gardner, American mathematician and scientific writer.

1929 Ursula K. Le Guin, American science-fiction and fantasy author.

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