It's National Poetry Month in the USA and Canada! | |
It's World Book Day! Also known as International Day of the Book, and World Book and Copyright Day. In Catalonia, it's also Lovers' Day. It's also Canada Book Day! | |
William Shakespeare is believed to have been born on this day in 1564. His exact date of birth is not known for sure. | |
Miguel de Cervantes (Don Quixote) died on this day in 1616 | |
William Shakespeare, playwright, poet and a chief architect of the modern English language, died on this day in 1616. | |
William Wordsworth, England's poet laureate from 1843 to 1850, died on this day in 1850 | |
Vladimir Nabokov (Lolita) was born on this day in 1899 | |
David Halberstam, Pulitzer prize winner (The Best and the Brightest) was killed in a car crash in San Mateo County, California on this day in 2007. |
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