It's National Novel Writing Month! There's still time to write a 50,000 word novel this month!
	Oxford's Bodelian Library opened on this day in 1602
	John Milton (Paradise Lost) died on this day in 1674
	Bram Stoker (Dracula) was born on this day in 1847
	Margaret Mitchell (Gone With The Wind) was born on this day in 1900
	Ben Bova (Titan) was born on this day in 1932
	Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman was published on this day in 1984
	Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees was published on this day in 2001
	David Westheimer (Von Ryan's Express) died on this day in 2005