L. L. Zamenhof, inventor of the Esperanto language, died on this day in 1859 | |
Betty Smith (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) was born on this day in 1896 | |
Freeman Dyson, physicist and mathematician (From Eros to Gaia) was born on this day in 1923 | |
Arthur Machen (The Great God Pan) died on this day in 1947. | |
Horace McCoy (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?) died on this day in 1955 | |
Canadian-born Swedish author Sven Delblanc (Samuels bok) died on this day in 1992 |
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