On this day in 1785 John Walter published the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The Times).
	Horatio Alger (Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Bootblacks, The Store Boy; or, The Fortunes of Ben Barclay) was born on this day in 1832
	On this day in 1898, Emile Zola's open letter J'accuse exposed the Dreyfus affair. Although he would later flee France to avoid prison, Zola's venture into political activism would eventually be widely marked in France as the most prominent manifestation of the new power of intellectuals - writers, artists, academics - in shaping public opinion, the media and the State.
	Michael Bond (Paddington Bear) was born on this day in 1926
	James Joyce (Ulysses) died on this day in 1941