The Library Company of Philadelphia, the first lending library in America, was founded by Benjamin Franklin and his associates on this day in 1731
	Harriet Beecher Stowe died on this day in 1896. Her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin not only became the best-selling novel in the world but also energized the abolitionist movement in America, ultimately leading to emancipation.
	Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express was first published on this day in 1933 as a serial in The Saturday Evening Post
	Louis-Ferdinand Céline (Journey to the End of the Night) died on this day in 1961
	Adam Mansbach (Go the F**k to Sleep, California Book Award winner The End of the Jews) was born on this day in 1976.
	Stephen King's memoir On Writing was published in paperback on this day in 2002