On this day in 1774, the British House of Lords ruled that authors do not have perpetual copyright
	Morley Callaghan, Canadian novelist, was born on this day in 1903
	Elizabeth Bowen (The Last September) died on this day in 1973
	Salman Rushdie's (The Satanic Verses) was published in the United States on this day in 1989. Two major bookstore chains remove the title from their shelves under threat.