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Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Novalis (1772; died March 25, 1801) German poet, author, and philosopher;
Hymnen an die Nacht (
Hymns to the Night);
Die Lehrlinge zu Sais (
The Novices of Sais)
Higuchi Ichiyo (1872; died November 23, 1896) Japanese short story writer; "Takekurabe" ("Comparing Heights"); "Jūsan'ya" ("The Thirteenth Night"); "Ōtsugomori" ("On the Last Day of the Year"); "Nigorie" ("Troubled Waters"); "Wakare-Michi" ("Separate Ways")
Died on this day:
Athanasius (373; born 296) Roman Christian theologian and Church Father, born in Roman-era Alexandria;
Life of Saint Anthony of Egypt; traditionally credited with the "Athanasian Creed"
Leonardo da Vinci (1519; born April 15, 1452) Italian polymath;
Mona Lisa;
Last Supper;
The Annunciation
Alfred de Musset (1857; born December 11, 1810) French dramatist, poet, and novelist who wrote
The Story of a White Blackbird and
The Confession of a Child of the Century, as well as the play
Lorenzaccio
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