The final volume of Henry Fielding's Tom Jones was published on this day in 1749 | |
Bel Kaufman, author of the 1965 bestseller Up the Down Staircase, was born on this day in 1911 | |
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. | |
Caroline B. Cooney (Safe As the Grave, The Face on the Milk Carton and about 60 more novels for teens) was born on this day in 1947 | |
Thomas Tessier (The Fates, Ghost Music and Other Tales, Wicked Things) was born on this day in 1947 | |
Leonard Knapp, better known as Lester del Rey (Attack from Atlantis) died on this day in 1993 | |
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 |
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