Louis Braille, inventor of the Braille system that allows the visually impaired to read and write, died on this day in 1852
	E. L. Doctorow ("Billy Bathgate") was born on this day in 1931
	Nigella Lawson (Nigella Bites and five other cookbooks) was born on this day in 1960
	Don Martin, MAD Magazine's "maddest" cartoonist, died on this day in 2000