![]() | It's National Poetry Month in Great Britain! |
![]() | Happy Halloween! |
![]() | National Novel Writing Month starts tomorrow. Ever wanted to write a novel? Warm up your word processor at midnight! |
![]() | In J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, on this day in 1492, Sir Nicholas "Nearly Headless Nick" de Mimsy-Porpington was nearly beheaded (but completely killed) in his nearly-botched execution on this date. His ghost spends the next 500 years with a head that can go up and down like a toilet seat, but still cannot qualify for the Headless Hunt. |
![]() | John Keats, one of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement, was born on this day in 1795 |
![]() | Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was published on this day in 1892 |
![]() | Neal Stephenson, "Hacker tourist" and postcyberpunk novelist (Cryptonomicon) was born on this day in 1959 |
![]() | In J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, this is the date in 1981 that Lord Voldemort unsuccessfully attacked the infant Harry, giving him his trademark lightning-bolt scar and some of Voldemort's powers |
![]() | Studs Terkel (The Good War) died on this day in 2008 |
![]() | Natalie Babbitt (Tuck Everlasting) died on this day in 2016 |
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