Cover of Ross Santee's memoir, Lost Pony Tracks |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Jean de la Bruyere (1645; died May 11, 1696) French philosopher; Les Caractères (Characters)
Ross Santee (1888; died June 28, 1965) American writer and illustrator; Lost Pony Tracks; Cowboy
Charles Bukowski (1920; died March 9, 1994) American poet, novelist, and short story writer; Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 Story Window; Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame; Notes of a Dirty Old Man (columns)
Died on this day:
Andrew Marvell (1678; born March 31, 1621) English poet; "To His Coy Mistress," "Upon Appleton House," and "The Garden"; Mr. Smirke; or The Divine in Mode
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1886; born February 18, 1836) Indian mystic and yogi; The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
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