William Sydney Porter, better known as O. Henry (The Gift of the Magi) was born on this day in 1862
	D. H. Lawrence (Lady Chatterley's Lover, Sons and Lovers, The Rainbow) was born on this day in 1885
	British childrens' author Roger Hargreaves (Mr. Men and Little Miss books) died on this day in 1988
	On this day in 2010, a Florida pastor who had organized a public burning of copies of the Qur'an gave in to international and high-level government pressure and cancelled the event at the last minute. Had the event gone ahead, the potential backlash from Islamists could have made this the deadliest book-burning event ever.
	In Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama, a meteorite impact with Earth destroys much of Italy and kills 600,000 people on this day in 2077. The novel was published decades before the events of Sep. 11, 2001.