It's National Poetry Month in the USA and Canada! | |
The Statute of Anne, the first copyright law, took force in Great Britain on this day in 1710 | |
Lew Wallace (Ben-Hur) was born on this day in 1827 | |
Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher for whom the Pulitzer prize is named, was born on this day in 1847 | |
O. Henry's second short story compilation, The Four Million was published on this day in 1906 | |
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was published on this day in 1925 | |
David Halberstam, Pulitzer prize winner (The Best and the Brightest) was born on this day in 1934 | |
Paul Theroux (The Mosquito Coast) was born on this day in 1941 | |
John M. Ford (How Much For Just the Planet?) was born on this day in 1957 | |
Evelyn Waugh (Brideshead Revisited, Scoop) died on this day in 1966 | |
Faith McNulty, childrens' (and feminist) author (Arty the Smarty, The Burning Bed) died on this day in 2005 |
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