![]() | 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 |
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