Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Faust) was born on this day in 1749. Some consider Goethe the most important writer in the German language.
	Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo was first published on this day in 1844 - the first of eighteen parts that would be published in Journal des Débats from 1844 to 1846.
	Scientific American magazine was first published on this day in 1845
	Robertson Davies (Fifth Business) was born on this day in 1913
	Three-time Hugo Award winner Jack Vance (The Dying Earth, The Killing Machine) was born on this day in 1916
	Jack Kirby (Captain America), one of the most prolific and recognizable comic artists, was born on this day in 1917
	Vonda McIntyre (Entropy Effect) was born on this day in 1948
	Maeve Binchy's Tara Road was published on this day in 1998