Ambrose Bierce (The Devil's Dictionary) was born on this day in 1842
	Acclaimed crime writer Lawrence Block (The Sins of the Fathers, Eight Million Ways to Die) was born on this day in 1938
	Prolific fantasy author Mercedes Lackey (Arrows of the Queen and numerous others) was born on this day in 1950
	The landmark Supreme Court case Roth v. United states was decided on this day in 1957: that obscenity in literature was not protected by the U.S. Constitution. This decision would be superseded in 1973 in Miller v. California.