Sir John Buchan (The Thirty-Nine Steps), future Governor-General of Canada, was born on this day in 1875
	Cartoonist Brant Parker (The Wizard of Id) was born on this day in 1920
	Christopher Paolini's Eragon was published on this day in 2003
	Dan Padavona's debut horror novel Storberry was published on this day in 2014. Padavona is the son of legendary heavy metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio. \m/