On this day in 1873, production began of the first practical typewriter by E. Remington & Sons | |
George Grossmith (The Diary of a Nobody) died on this day in 1912 | |
Ralph Ellison (Invisible Man, Juneteenth) was born on this day in 1913 | |
Poet Robert Lowell (Pulitzer-winner Lord Weary's Castle) was born on this day in 1917 | |
Richard Wright's Native Son was published on this day in 1940 | |
John le Carré's The Little Drummer Girl was published on this day in 1983 | |
The United States joined the Berne Copyright Convention on this day in 1989 | |
Lee Child's debut novel Killing Floor, the beginning of a highly popular series and winner of two awards, was first published on this day in 1997 | |
Libertarian writer and two-time U. S. Presidential candidate Harry Browne (How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World) died on this day in 2006 |
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