![]() | The first printed catalogue of an institutional library, Nomenclator, was introduced to Leiden University Library on this day in 1595 |
![]() | Soviet novelist and 1965 Nobel laureate Mikhail Sholokhov (And Quiet Flows the Don) was born on this day in 1905 |
![]() | Swiss typeface designer Adrian Frutiger, whose most famous typeface Univers graces millions of books today, was born on this day in 1928 |
![]() | Marian Engel, Canadian novelist (Bear) was born on this day in 1933 |
![]() | Russian-American poet and 1987 Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky was born on this day in 1940 |
![]() | Michael Chabon (The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, The Yiddish Policemen's Union) was born on this day in 1963 |
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