It's National Poetry Month in the USA and Canada!
	The Statute of Anne, the first copyright law, took force in Great Britain on this day in 1710
	Lew Wallace (Ben-Hur) was born on this day in 1827
	Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher for whom the Pulitzer prize is named, was born on this day in 1847
	O. Henry's second short story compilation, The Four Million was published on this day in 1906
	F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was published on this day in 1925
	David Halberstam, Pulitzer prize winner (The Best and the Brightest) was born on this day in 1934
	Paul Theroux (The Mosquito Coast) was born on this day in 1941
	John M. Ford (How Much For Just the Planet?) was born on this day in 1957
	Evelyn Waugh (Brideshead Revisited, Scoop) died on this day in 1966
	Faith McNulty, childrens' (and feminist) author (Arty the Smarty, The Burning Bed) died on this day in 2005