It's World Storytelling Day | |
Roman poet Ovid (Heroides, Amores, Ars Amatoria) was born on this day in 43 BC | |
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was published on this day in 1852. It would be banned in the contemporary southern U. S. states for its abolitionist position, and ironically, in 1984 banned in Waukegan, Illinois for racist language. | |
Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity was published on this day in 1916 | |
Australian novelist David Malouf (International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award-winner Remembering Babylon) was born on this day in 1934 | |
Two-time Newbery medal winner Lois Lowry (Number the Stars, The Giver) was born on this day in 1937 | |
Canadian science writer and broadcaster Jay Ingram (The Burning House: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Brain) was born on this day in 1945 | |
Stephen King's Dreamcatcher was published on this day in 2001 |
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