The first issue of The Nation magazine was published on this day on 1865 | |
Pulitzer-winning journalist Vance Trimble {The Astonishing Mr. Scripps) was born on this day in 1913 | |
Kenneth Grahame (The Wind in the Willows) died on this day in 1932 | |
Marvel and DC comic artist and writer John Byrne (X-Men, title:Fantastic Four, the 1996 Superman relaunch) was born on this day in 1950 | |
Nobel laureate William Faulkner (As I Lay Dying) died on this day in 1962 | |
Peter Hedges (What's Eating Gilbert Grape) was born on this day in 1962 | |
Prolific crime writer Salvatore Lombino, better known under his pen names Evan Hunter and Ed McBain, died on this day in 2005 |
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