Pearl Buck (The Good Earth) was born on this day in 1892
	Social worker and author Virginia Satir (Self Esteem, Peoplemaking) was born on this day in 1916
	Ford Madox Ford (The Good Soldier) died on this day in 1939
	The New Yorker published Shirley Jackson's controversial short story The Lottery on this day in 1948
	In a black day for journalism, reporter Veronica Guerin was murdered by drug dealers on this day in 1996
	J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was published on this day in 1997
	Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Russo boycotted e-books on this day in 2012 in a bid to encourage purchasing from local bookstores
	The Stressful Life of Salman Rushdie and Implementation of his Verdict, an in-development video game designed to introduce the younger generations to the The Satanic Verses controversy, was unveiled at a Tehran games expo on this day in 2012.