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Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Ian Fleming (1908; died August 12, 1964) English author; creator of the
James Bond series
Patrick White (1912; died September 30, 1990) Australian novelist, short story writer, and playwright whose novels include
Voss;
Riders in the Chariot;
Happy Valley;
The Tree of Man;
The Burnt Ones; Nobel Prize in Literature (1973)
May Swenson (1913; died December 4, 1989) American poet and playwright known for poetry collections
New & Selected Things Taking Place;
In Other Words
Walker Percy (1916; died May 10, 1990) American novelist and essayist;
The Moviegoer;
The Second Coming
Died on this day:
Noah Webster (1843; born October 16, 1758) American educator and author famous for
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Maya Angelou (2014; born April 4, 1928) American poet, memoirist, and activist;
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings;
On the Pulse of Morning
Bonus Classic:
Matteo Maria Boiardo (1441-1494) Italian Renaissance poet who wrote
Orlando Innamorato
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