Scottish author and Dickens influence Tobias Smollett (The Adventures of Roderick Random) was born on this day in 1721
	Irving Wallace (The Fan Club, The Book of Lists) was born on this day in 1916
	Pulitzer-winning novelist Philip Roth (Goodbye, Columbus) was born on this day in 1933
	Edgar Rice Burroughs (Tarzan of the Apes) died on this day in 1950
	Arthur C. Clarke (2001: A Space Odyssey, Rendezvous with Rama) died on this day in 2008 in Sri Lanka