Tag: history
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June 26, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”Continuous effort – not strength or intelligence – is the key to unlocking our potential.” — Winston S. Churchill BIRTHDAYS: 1582 Johannes Schultz, German composer, born in Lüneburg, Hanseatic League. Canzona 4 – strings, cembalo, Canzona 5 – strings, cembalo. 1730 Charles Messier, French astronomer. 1824, William Thomson, British mathematician, mathematical…
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June 25, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” — George Orwell BIRTHDAYS: 1709 Francesco Araja, Italian composer, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naple. Tsefal i Prokris, and March from “Seleuco” 1860 Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer (Louise). Depuis le…
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June 24, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.” — Carl Sagan BIRTHDAYS: 1747 Johann Melchior Dreyer, German composer, born in Röttingen, Duchy…
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June 23, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” — Voltaire BIRTHDAYS: 1824 Carl Reinecke, German pianist, composer and teacher (Undine Sonata), born in Altona, Duchy of Holstein, Holy Roman Empire. Flute Concerto in D major, Op. 283 1859 Édouard Michelin, French industrialist. 1912 Alan Turing, English mathematician, computer…
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June 22, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.” — H.L. Mencken BIRTHDAYS: 1611 Pablo Bruna, Spanish composer and organist. Tiento de 1.er tono, and Tiento de Falsas del Segundo Tono 1613 Lambert Pietkin, Flemish baroque composer, born in Liège, Holy Roman Empire. Alma redemptoris…
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June 21, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” — Reinhold Niebuhr BIRTHDAYS: 1732 Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer and 5th son of Johann Sebastian Bach, born in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony, Holy…
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June 20, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”Renaîtra un poète! Je t’aime, Hoffmann! Sois à moi!” (“A poet will be reborn! I love you, Hoffmann! Be mine!”) — Nicklausse, “The Tales of Hoffmann” (Jacques Offenbach) BIRTHDAYS: 1585 Lazaro Valvasensi, Italian organist and composer, born in Valvasone, Republic of Venice. Gaudeamus 1615 Salvatore Rosa, Italian baroque painter, poet, musician…
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June 19, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”I made this [letter] very long, because I did not have the leisure to make it shorter.” — Blaise Pascal BIRTHDAYS: 1708 Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, German Baroque composer, born in Schweidnitz, Silesia. Sonata in G minor, and Sonata da camera Op.1 no.1 1790 John Gibson, British sculptor. 1623 Blaise Pascal, French…
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June 18, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.” — Eric Hoffer BIRTHDAYS: 1511 Bartolommeo Ammanati, Italian sculptor and architect. 1677 Antonio Maria Bononcini, Italian cellist, composer, and maestro di cappella, born in Modena, Duchy of…
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June 17, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: ”If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.” — Thomas Sowell BIRTHDAYS: 1691 Giovanni Paolo Pannini, Italian painter and architect, born in Piacenza, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza. 1818 Charles Gounod, French composer. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular…
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