Alexandre Dumas (The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo) was born on this day in 1802
	Robert Graves (I, Claudius) was born on this day in 1895
	On this day in 1900, Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) and a novelist in her own right (Save Me the Waltz) was born. Dubbed "The First American Flapper", she was as great a celebrity as her husband following the success of his novel This Side of Paradise.
	O. Henry (The Gift of the Magi) was released from prison (for embezzlement) on this day in 1901
	James MacGillivray published the first account of Paul Bunyan in the Detroit News on this day in 1910
	Prolific crime and suspense novelist John D. Macdonald (Death Trap, The Executioners, which was later filmed as Cape Fear in 1962 and again in 1991) was born on this day in 1916