![]() | American poet Ernest Thayer (Casey at the Bat) was born on this day in 1863 |
![]() | 1932 Nobel laureate in literature John Galsworthy (The Forsyte Saga) was born on this day in 1867 |
![]() | Pulitzer winner Russell Baker (Growing Up) was born on this day in 1925 |
![]() | Lynne Cheney (wife of former Vice President Richard Cheney, avowed neocon, and author of homoerotically suggestive novel Sisters) was born on this day in 1941 |
![]() | Danielle Steel (The Promise) was born on this day in 1947 |
![]() | German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht (The Threepenny Opera) died on this day in 1956 |
![]() | Fred Gipson (Old Yeller) died on this day in 1973 |
![]() | Journalist and author Jack Germond (Mad As Hell) died on this day in 2013. With Jules Witcover, Germond co-wrote the syndicated column "Politics Today" for over 24 years. |
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