The Daily Courant, the first national daily newspaper in the United Kingdom, was first published on this day in 1702
	Douglas Adams (The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy) was born on this day in 1952
	John Wyndham (The Chrysalids, Day of the Triffids) died on this day in 1969
	"Perry Mason" creator Erle Stanley Gardner (The Case of the Velvet Claw) died on this day in 1970