Anna Sewell (Black Beauty) was born on this day in 1820 | |
Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner (An Outline of Esoteric Science, How to Know Higher Worlds: A Modern Path of Initiation) died on this day in 1925. Steiner left behind over 350 volumes of lectures and writings. | |
Tom Sharpe (Wilt) was born on this day in 1928 | |
Piers Morgan (Secret Lives, God Bless America: Misadventures of a Big Mouth Brit), editor of The Daily Mirror from 1995 to 2004 and prior to that, the News of the World, was born on this day in 1965. Morgan is today better known for his work on the television show Britain's Got Talent. | |
International Chess Grandmaster and chess writer Efstratios Grivas (Modern Chess Planning, Practical Endgame Play) was born on this day in 1966 | |
Reader's Digest founder DeWitt Wallace died on this day in 1981 | |
Beat-generation poet Robert Creeley (For Love) died on this day in 2005 |
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