Randy Shilts, award-winning author of And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, was born on this day in 1951
	Anastasia Ashman (The Subway Chronicles: Scenes from Life in New York) was born on this day in 1964
	Shirley Jackson (The Sundial), an influence on Stephen King, died on this day in 1965
	Nicholas Monsarrat (The Cruel Sea) died on this day in 1979