Samuel Richardson (Clarissa, Pamela) was born on this day in 1689. His name was on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, a literary blacklist established by the Vatican.
	Joseph Conrad (Heart of Darkness, Nostromo, Lord Jim) became a British citizen on this day in 1886
	Poet humourist Ogden Nash (Hard Lines) was born on this day in 1902
	Pulitzer-winning memoirist Frank McCourt (Angela's Ashes) was born on this day in 1930
	Hugo Gernsback, science fiction publisher and namesake of science fiction's "Hugo" awards, died on this day in 1967
	Veronica Roth (The Divergent trilogy) was born on this day in 1988