American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died on this day in 1882
	British journalist and author Malcolm Muggeridge (Winter in Moscow, Affairs of the Heart, The End of Christendom) was born on this day in 1903
	Jules Verne (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days) died on this day in 1905
	The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro was published on this day in 1907
	Guyanese writer Sir Wilson Harris (Palace of the Peacock) was born on this day in 1921
	German author Martin Walser (Halftime: A Novel, Ein liebender Mann: Roman) was born on this day in 1927. Walser is the 1998 winner of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.
	Martin Caidin (Samurai!, Marooned) died on this day in 1997. Caidin is best remembered for his 1972 novel Cyborg, which was later developed into the television show The Six Million Dollar Man.
	John Ehle (The Land Breakers, The Free Men) died on this day in 2018