Charles Perrault, the French author who laid the foundations for the fairy tale genre, was born on this day in 1628. His works include Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Puss in Boots and many more.
	Jack London (The Call of the Wild) was born on this day in 1876
	Agatha Christie (Murder on the Orient Express) died on this day in 1976
	In Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2001: A Space Odyssey the sentient computer HAL-9000 became operational on this day in 1997
	William Peter Blatty (The Exorcist) died on this day in 2017