Deaf and blind American activist and author Helen Keller was born on this day in 1880
	Catherine Cookson (The Fifteen Streets, Rooney, The Cinder Path) was born on this day in 1906
	Anita Diamant (The Red Tent) was born on this day in 1951
	Alice McDermott (That Night) was born on this day in 1953
	Shelby Foote (The Civil War: A Narrative) died on this day in 2005
	Alvin Toffler (Future Shock) died on this day in 2016
	Prolific science fiction novelist Harlan Ellison (A Boy and his Dog, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream) died on this day in 2018