THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“A constant element of enjoyment must be mingled with our studies, so that we think of learning as a game rather than a form of drudgery, for no activity can be continued for long if it does not to some extent afford pleasure to the participant.”

― Desiderius Erasmus

BIRTHDAYS:

1466 Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch-born Christian humanist, theologian, and philologist who became the foremost scholar of the Northern Renaissance.

1789 Johann Schneider, German composer and organist. Allabreve in F, and Präludium und Fuge, G Dur

1793 Eliphalet Remington, American firearms manufacturer and inventor (founded Remington Arms).

1855 Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, a self-taught Russian horticulturist and plant breeder who developed numerous new varieties of fruit trees, berries, and other crops adapted to the severe climates of northern and eastern Russia.

1914 Jonas Salk, American virologist and medical researcher who developed the first safe and effective inactivated poliovirus vaccine.

MISCELLANEOUS:

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