Giacomo Casanova, whose memoirs Histoire de ma vie are regarded as the most authentic account of 18th century european social life, and whose name remains synonymous with the art of seduction to the present day, died on this day in 1798
	The first Pulitzer prizes were awarded on this day in 1917
	E. M. Forster's novel A Passage to India was published on this day in 1924
	German-American sex therapist and author Ruth Westheimer (Sex for Dummies, Dr. Ruth's Encyclopedia of Sex) was born on this day in 1928
	Carson McCullers' The Heart is a Lonely Hunter was published on this day in 1940.
	Hagar the Horrible creator Dik Browne died on this day in 1989
	The body of David Markson (The Ballad of Dingus Magee, This Is Not a Novel, The Last Novel) was found on this day in 2010. His exact date of death is not known.
	Lilian Jackson Braun (The Cat Who series of novels) died on this day in 2011