Tag: history
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November 22, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “We who lived in concentration camps can remember the men who walked through the huts comforting others, giving away their last piece of bread. They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the…
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November 21, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.” — Voltaire BIRTHDAYS: 1683 Johann Michael Müller, German organist and composer, born in Schmalkalden, Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, Holy Roman Empire. Sonata no. 4 in F Major for Oboe solo, two Oboes, Taille and Bassoon, op. 1 1694 Voltaire,…
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November 20, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Miners operating among the asteroids will be unable to produce most of their necessary supplies locally. There will thus be a need to import food and other necessary goods either from Earth or Mars.” — Robert Zubrin BIRTHDAYS: 1652 Romanus Weichlein, Austrian composer. Sonata 1 in C-major 1889 Edwin Hubble, American…
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November 19, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn’t have a space program. And if we become extinct because we don’t have a space program, it’ll serve us right!” — Larry Niven BIRTHDAYS: 1607 Erasmus Quellinus II, Flemish painter and etcher. 1617 Eustache Le Sueur, French painter. 1770 Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (Dying…
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November 18, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.” — Carl Sagan BIRTHDAYS: 1527 Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter and sculptor, born in Moneglia, Republic of Genoa. 1584 Gaspar de Crayer, Flemish…
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November 17, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.” — Eric Hoffer BIRTHDAYS: 1503 Il Bronzino, Italian Florentine painter in Mannerist style (Eleanor de Toledo & her Son), born in Florence. 1690 Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French Baroque painter and cartoonist 1752 Nicolas Appert, French inventor of airtight…
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November 16, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can’t control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations BIRTHDAYS: 1717 Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d’Alembert,…
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November 15, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “The most affectionate creature in the world is a wet dog.” — Ambrose Bierce BIRTHDAYS: 1925 Yuli Daniel, Russian writer and dissident convicted of anti-Soviet agitation, born in Moscow, Soviet Union. 1640 Nicolaus Adam Strungk, German composer, born in Braunschweig, Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Ricercar 1705 Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, French composer and violinist.…
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November 14, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed, and love of power.” — P. J. O’Rourke BIRTHDAYS: 1663 Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, German musician and composer…
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November 13, 2025
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.” — Ayaan Hirsi Ali BIRTHDAYS: 1699 Jan Zach, Czech violinist, organist, and composer, baptized in Čelákovice, Bohemia. Prelude and Fugue in C minor, and Preludio in do minore 1850 Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. 1969 Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somali-Dutch-American women’s rights…
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