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Cover of a 1904 journal, "Le Petit Parisien,"
showing "Mr. and Mrs. Curie in their laboratory" |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Takizawa Bakin (1767; died December 1, 1848) Japanese author;
Nanso Satomi Hakkenden (
The Chronicles of the Eight Dog Heroes of the Satomi Clan of Nanso);
Chinsetsu Yumiharizuki (
Strange Tales of the Crescent Moon)
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804; died May 19, 1864) American writer;
The Scarlet Letter;
The House of the Seven Gables; short stories ("The Minister's Black Veil"; "Young Goodman Brown"; "Rappaccini's Daughter"; "My Kinsman, Major Molineux"; etc.)
Died on this day:
Samuel Richardson (1761; born August 19, 1689) English writer;
Pamela;
Clarissa;
Sir Charles Grandison
John Adams (1826; born October 30, 1735) American lawyer, author, President;
The Works of John Adams
Thomas Jefferson (1826; born April 13, 1743) American statesman;
The Declaration of Independence;
Notes on the State of Virginia;
The Jefferson Bible
Theodor Storm (1888; born September 14, 1817) German writer whose most popular novellas were
Immensee,
The Rider on the White Horse, and
Paul the Puppeteer
Marie Curie (1934; born November 7, 1867) Polish-French scientist;
The Discovery of Radium;
Pierre Curie
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