It's World Poetry Day! | |
Robert Southey, British Poet Laureate 1813-1843, died on this day in 1843 | |
Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity was published on this day in 1905 | |
Prolific science-fiction writer Cyril M. Kornbluth (The Marching Morons, The Space Merchants) died on this day in 1958, at only 34 years of age. Kornbluth wrote under many pen names, including Cecil Corwin, S. D. Gottesman, Edward J. Bellin, Kenneth Falconer, Walter C. Davies, Simon Eisner, and Jordan Park. | |
The United States Supreme Court ruled on this day in 1966 that John Cleland's 1749 novel Fanny Hill is not obscene, providing a landmark definition of the line between art and obscenity. | |
Man Booker International Prize winner Chinua Achebe (Things Fall Apart) died on this day in 2013 |
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