Jane Austen's most famous novel, Pride and Prejudice, was first published on this day in 1813 | |
Mary Tourtel (Rupert Bear) was born on this day in 1874 | |
The first daily college newspaper in the United States, the Yale Daily News, began publication on this day in 1878 | |
William Butler Yeats, Irish poet and one of the foremost figures in 20th century literature, died on this day in 1939 | |
Superman comic co-creator Jerry Siegel died on this day in 1996 | |
Russian-American poet and 1987 Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky was born on this day in 1996 |
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