William Styron (Sophie's Choice) was born on this day in 1925
	Actor Gene Wilder, who late in life and in retirement from show business became a novelist (My French Whore, The Woman Who Wouldn't), was born on this day in 1933
	Robert E. Howard, creator of the character of Conan the Barbarian committed suicide on this day in 1936
	Leo Buscaglia (Living Loving and Learning) died on this day in 1998
	Catherine Cookson (The Fifteen Streets, Rooney, The Cinder Path) was born on this day in 1998
	Sci-fi author Brian Aldiss was awarded the title of Officer of the Order of the British Empire on this day in 2005
	Google reached an agreement with a publishing group that had opposed its scanning and publishing of books online on this day in 2012, ending six years of litigation.