It's "Read Across America" Day, sometimes also celebrated as "Read Dr. Seuss Day"
	Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss (The Cat in the Hat, How the Grinch Stole Christmas) was born on this day in 1904
	Olivia Manning (Fortunes of War) was born on this day in 1908
	D. H. Lawrence (Lady Chatterley's Lover, Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow) died on this day in 1930
	Tom Wolfe (The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Right Stuff) was born on this day in 1931
	John Irving (The World According to Garp) was born on this day in 1942
	Peter Straub, occasional Stephen King collaborator (Ghost Story) was born on this day in 1943
	Philip K. Dick (A Scanner Darkly) died on this day in 1982
	Anne Rice's Pandora was published on this day in 1998