![]() | René Descartes (Meditations on First Philosophy, Principia philosophiae) was born on this day in 1596 |
![]() | English metaphysical poet Andrew Marvell (To His Coy Mistress, The Garden) was born on this day in 1621 |
![]() | English poet Edward Fitzgerald (The English translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam) was born on this day in 1809 |
![]() | Charles Dickens' first novel, The Pickwick Papers, was first published as a serial on this day in 1836 |
![]() | Charlotte Brontë (Jane Eyre) died on this day in 1855 |
![]() | Vardis Fisher (Mountain Man, Children of God) was born on this day in 1895 |
![]() | William Lederer (The Ugly American) was born on this day in 1912 |
![]() | Leo Buscaglia (Living Loving and Learning) was born on this day in 1924 |
![]() | John Jakes (North and South) was born on this day in 1932 |
![]() | Judith Rossner (Looking for Mr. Goodbar) was born on this day in 1935 |
![]() | Jewish diarist and holocaust victim Anne Frank died on this day in 1945 |
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