It's National Poetry Month in the USA and Canada!
	Roget's Thesaurus was first published on this day in 1852, 47 years after its first creation in 1805. The 1852 edition contained synonyms for 15,000 words, and each edition since then has been larger.
	Rod McKuen, American poet, was born on this day in 1933
	Stephen King's Christine was published on this day in 1983
	A fire at the Los Angeles Public Library destroyed or damaged 400,000 books on this day in 1986