Alexander Pushkin, considered the greatest Russian poet, died on this day in 1837
	Boris Pasternak (Doctor Zhivago) was born on this day in 1890
	German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht (The Threepenny Opera) was born on this day in 1898
	Alex Comfort (The Joy of Sex) was born on this day in 1920
	Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prairie) died on this day in 1957
	Alex Haley (Roots) died on this day in 1992