Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' epistolary novel Dangerous Liaisons was first published on this day in 1782
	Marie-Henri Beyle, better known by nom de plume Stendhal (The Red and the Black, The Charterhouse of Parma) died on this day in 1842
	J. C. Leyendecker, one of the pre-eminent illustrators of the twentieth century, was born on this day in 1874. Leyendecker produced 322 covers for The Saturday Evening Post alone.
	Science fiction writer H. Beam Piper (Space Viking) was born on this day in 1904
	Winston Groom (Forrest Gump, Gump and Co.) was born on this day in 1943
	Kim Stanley Robinson (Blue Mars, Antarctica) was born on this day in 1952
	Mitch Cullin (Tideland) was born on this day in 1968
	Edwin O'Connor (The Last Hurrah) died on this day in 1968