It's National Poetry Month in the USA and Canada!
	Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language was published on this day in 1755. Johnson's dictionary would be the authoritative dictionary of the English language until the Oxford dictionary was completed 150 years later.
	Henry James (The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, The Wings of the Dove, The Turn of the Screw) was born on this day in 1843
	Horace McCoy (They Shoot Horses, Don't They?) was born on this day in 1897
	Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas on this day in 1924
	Leslie Charteris (Daredevil, The Saint series) was born on this day in 1993.
	Damon Knight (To Serve Man) died on this day in 2002
	Cartoonist Brant Parker (The Wizard of Id) died on this day in 2007, eight days after the death of Id co-creator Johnny Hart