October 19th - A Modest Proposal for a Blueberry Muffin

 Today the 2 items I had picked out are unfortunately the deaths of 2 individuals.

First up is the death of Jonathan Swift.  He passed on this day in 1745 at the age of 77.

I loved his works.  A Modest Proposal is just hilarious satire that apparently is written so well that most people don't get that it's satire.  And I did love Gulliver's Travels, and thinking of the immortals of Luggnagg still gives me shivers.

Next is Ernest Rutherford, who passed this day in 1937 at the age of 66.

His work helped us to come to a better understanding of the structure of the atom.  Refuting the Thomson 'blueberry muffin' model, he showed that an atom is mostly space instead.