Robert Louis Stevenson's gothic novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was published on this day in 1886 | |
Umberto Eco (The Name of the Rose, The Prague Cemetery, Foucault's Pendulum) was born on this day in 1932 | |
The Daily Mail became the first transoceanic newspaper on this day in 1944 | |
Margaret Laurence (The Stone Angel) died on this day in 1987 | |
Jean Kerr (Please Don't Eat the Daisies) died on this day in 2003 |
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