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Lurid illustration from a Dutch serialization of Rachel
Carson's Silent Spring, showing the effects of DDT |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Ibn Khaldun (1332; died March 19, 1406) North African Muslim historian;
Muqaddimah (part I of a history of the world,
Kitāb al-'Ibar)
Walter Nordhoff (1858; died February 25, 1937) American businessman and author; wrote
The Journey of the Flame under a pen name
Dashiell Hammett (1894; died January 10, 1961) American crime writer who created the characters Sam Spade (
The Maltese Falcon); Nick and Nora Charles (
The Thin Man); the Continental Op (
Red Harvest and
The Dain Curse); also wrote short stories
Rachel Carson (1907; died April 14, 1964) American biologist;
The Sea Around Us;
The Edge of the Sea;
Silent Spring
John Cheever (1912; died June 18, 1982) American novelist and short story writer; stories "The Enormous Radio"; "Goodbye, My Brother"; "The Five-Forty-Eight"; "The Country Husband"; "The Swimmer"; novel
The Wapshot Chronicle
Tony Hillerman (1925; died October 26, 2008) American author of detective novels and non-fiction works who wrote the "Joe Leaphorn" and "Jim Chee" series (
The Blessing Way etc.) about Navajo Tribal Police
John Barth (1930) American writer;
The Floating Opera;
The End of the Road;
The Sot-Weed Factor;
Giles Goat-Boy;
Lost in the Funhouse
Harlan Ellison (1934; died June 28, 2018) American author of science fiction;
A Boy and His Dog;
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream;
"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman
Died on this day:
John Calvin (1564; born July 10, 1509) French theologian and pastor;
The Institutes of the Christian Religion; Bible commentaries
Niccolo Paganini (1840; born October 27, 1782) Italian composer;
24 Caprices for Solo Violin
Bonus Classic:
G. Wilson Knight (1897-1995) English literary critic known for
The Wheel of Fire;
The Burning Oracle
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