It's International Children's Book Day | |
It's National Poetry Month in the USA and Canada! | |
Giacomo Casanova, whose memoir Histoire de ma vie is regarded as the most authentic account of 18th century european social life, and whose name remains synonymous with the art of seduction to the present day, was born on this day in 1725 | |
Hans Christian Andersen (The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Pea, The Emperor's New Clothes, Thumbelina) was born on this day in 1805 | |
Émile Zola (L'Oeuvre) was born on this day in 1840 | |
C. S. Forester (Horatio Hornblower, The African Queen) died on this day in 1966 | |
The Turkish translator and publisher of Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion was acquitted of inciting religious hatred in Turkey on this day in 2008 |
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