H. P. Lovecraft (The Call of Cthulhu) was born on this day in 1890
	Peru became a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty on this day in 1988
	Astronomer and sci-fi writer Fred Hoyle (The Black Cloud) died on this day in 2001
	Elmore Leonard (Three-Ten to Yuma, Get Shorty) died on this day in 2013. Not only a prolific novellist, Leonard was also a successful screenwriter and many of his novels were adapted to film.