The Marquis de Sade (The 120 Days of Sodom) died on this day in 1814
	Charles Dickens (David Copperfield, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist) gave his first public reading in the United States at Tremont Temple in Boston on this day in 1867
	British science writer Nigel Calder (The Comet is Coming!, Spaceship Earth) was born on this day in 1931
	Ann Patchett (The Patron Saint of Liars, Orange Prize and PEN/Faulkner Award winner Bel Canto) was born on this day in 1963
	Robertson Davies (Fifth Business) died on this day in 1995