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An effigy of Dr. Jose Rizal in the ruins of the
cell out of which was smuggled his last-known
writing, "Mi Último Adiós" ("My Last Farewell"). |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Blaise Pascal (1623; died August 19, 1662) French mathematician and Christian philosopher;
Pensées (
Thoughts);
Lettres Provinciales (
The Provincial Letters)
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834; died January 31, 1892) British baptist preacher;
The Wordless Book
Jose Rizal (1861; died December 30, 1896) Filipino activist and polymath;
Noli Me Tángere;
El Filibusterismo; "Mi último adios"
Dazai Osamu (1909; died June 13, 1948) Japanese novelist and short story writer;
Shayo (
The Setting Sun);
No Longer Human (
Ningen Shikkaku)
Tobias Wolff (1945- ) American short story writer, memoirist, and novelist; memoirs
This Boy's Life;
In Pharaoh's Army; novels
Ugly Rumours;
The Barracks Thief;
Old School
Salman Rushdie (1947- ) British Kashmiri novelist and essayist;
Midnight's Children;
The Satanic Verses; children's books:
Haroun and the Sea of Stories;
Luka and the Fire of Life
Died on this day:
J. M. Barrie (1937; born May 9, 1860) Scottish novelist and playwright;
Peter Pan;
The Little White Bird; plays
The Admirable Crichton;
What Every Woman Knows;
William Golding (1993; born September 19, 1911) British novelist, playwright, and poet known for novel
Lord of the Flies; Nobel Prize in Literature (1983)
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