British encyclopaedist Ephraim Chambers (Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences) died on this day in 1740
	L. Frank Baum (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) was born on this day in 1856
	Poet Emily Dickinson died on this day in 1886
	Katherine Anne Porter (Ship of Fools) was born on this day in 1890
	Australian author Xavier Herbert (Miles Franklin Award-winning Poor Fellow My Country) was born on this day in 1901
	Bolivia became a signatory to the Buenos Aires Copyright Treaty on this day in 1914.
	Historian Sir John Keegan (A History of War) was born on this day in 1934
	Charles Williams (Descent Into Hell, All Hallow's Eve) died on this day in 1945. Williams was a member of the literary discussion group The Inklings, whose members included J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis.
	Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood was published on this day in 1952
	William March (Company K, The Looking-Glass, 99 Fables) died on this day in 1954
	Laura Hillenbrand (Seabiscuit: An American Legend) was born on this day in 1967
	Theodore White (Pulitzer-winning The Making of the President) died on this day in 1986