Newbery-award winning author Scott O'Dell (Island of the Blue Dolphins, The Black Pearl) was born on this day in 1898
	Margaret Wise Brown, children's author (The Runaway Bunny) was born on this day in 1910
	The New York Public Library opened on this day in 1911
	Sci-fi author James Blish (Spock Must Die!, the first adult Star Trek novel) was born on this day in 1921. He is credited with coining the term "Gas Giant."
	Mitch Albom (Tuesdays with Morrie, The Five People You Meet in Heaven) was born on this day in 1958