Scottish poet William Henry Ogilvie (The Honour of the Station) was born on this day in 1869 | |
Christopher Robin Milne, son of A. A. Milne and namesake of the character in Winnie The Pooh, was born on this day in 1920 | |
American poet and pulp sci-fi writer X. J. Kennedy (Fits of Concision) was born on this day in 1929 | |
Ernest Thayer (Casey at the Bat) died on this day in 1940 | |
Siobhan Dowd (A Swift Pure Cry) died on this day in 2007 |
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