Nazi Book Burnings continue - on this day in 1933, on the Opernplatz in Berlin, Nazi youth groups burned 20,000 books, including works by Thomas Mann, Erich Maria Remarque, Heinrich Heine, Karl Marx and H.G. Wells.
Shel Silverstein (Falling Up) was found dead by his housekeepers on this day in 1999, a Monday morning. He had died of a heart attack over the preceding weekend.
Michael Lewis' Moneyball was published on this day in 2003, just in time for baseball season
