Dante Alighieri (The Divine Comedy) was named one of the six Priors of Florence on this day in 1300. His political activity eventually led to his banishment, during which he wrote The Divine Comedy, his magnum opus.
	Kenneth Grahame's children's novel The Wind in the Willows was published on this day in 1908
	British author Brian Jacques (Redwall, Castaways of the Flying Dutchman) was born on this day in 1939
	Xaviera Hollander (The Happy Hooker and longtime Penthouse advice columnist) was born on this day in 1943
	Christian Bauman (The Ice Beneath You, Voodoo Lounge) was born on this day in 1970
	Daniel Keyes (Flowers for Algernon) died on this day in 2014