William Godwin (An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice), husband of Mary Wollstonecraft (A Vindication of the Rights of Woman) and father of Mary Shelley (Frankenstein) was born on this day in 1756
	Arthur Machen (The Great God Pan) was born on this day in 1863.
	The Comstock Law which bans sending "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" books through the mail was enacted on this day in 1873
	Time magazine was first published on this day in 1923
	Pulitzer-winning poet James Merrill (The Black Swan, Divine Comedies) was born on this day in 1926
	Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter's Time's Eye was published on this day in 2003