Rudyard Kipling (The Jungle Book) was born on this day in 1865
	Stephen Leacock (How to Write) was born on this day in 1869
	Paul Bowles (The Sheltering Sky) was born on this day in 1910
	Children's author Mercer Mayer (his Little Critter and Little Monster series are hugely popular) was born on this day in 1943
	Douglas Coupland (jPod) was born on this day in 1962
	On this day in 1997, Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was removed from the ninth grade English curriculum in Arundel County, Maryland over allegations of racist portayals of white people.
	On this day in 2001, after evening services, congregants at the Christ Community Church in Alamogordo burned Harry Potter books and others in a fit of religious fervour. Just in case you thought book-burnings weren't happening in the 21st century.
	Rona Jaffe (The Best of Everything, Mazes and Monsters) died on this day in 2005