John Barry's Philadelphia Spelling Book became the first book to be copyrighted in the United States on this day in 1790
	The first dime novel, Malaeska, The Indian Wife of the White Settler was published on this day in 1860
	Charles Dickens (David Copperfield, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist) died on this day in 1870
	Patricia Cornwell (Body of Evidence) was born on this day in 1956
	Robert Ludlum's "Jason Bourne" series of thrillers was continued by the publication on this day in 2009 of The Bourne Deception by Eric Lustbader. This is the seventh novel in the series and the fourth to be created, with the permission of Ludlum's estate, by Lustbader. Notably, with this novel, Lustbader has now penned more Bourne novels than creator Ludlum did.