Roman orator, politician, and writer Cicero was assassinated on this day in 43 BC | |
Irish novelist Joyce Cary (The Horse's Mouth) was born on this day in 1888 | |
Noam Chomsky (Manufacturing Consent, Hegemony or Survival) was born on this day in 1928 | |
Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Rube Goldberg (Mike and Ike) died on this day in 1970 | |
Pulitzer-winning novelist and playwright Thornton Wilder (The Bridge of San Luis Rey, The Eighth Day) died on this day in 1975 | |
Robert Graves (I, Claudius) died on this day in 1985 |
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