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Gatsby (Robert Redford) and Daisy (Mia Farrow) in the 1974
film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Tang Xianzu (1550; died July 29, 1616) Chinese playwright of the Ming Dynasty who wrote
Mudan Ting (
The Peony Pavilion), one of the "Four Great Classical Dramas"
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896; died December 21, 1940) American novelist and short story writer best known for
The Great Gatsby; also wrote
Tender Is the Night;
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz; "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"; "Babylon Revisited"
Died on this day:
Edward Conze (1979; born March 18, 1904) Anglo-German Buddhist scholar known for
Buddhism: Its Essence and Development;
Buddhism: A Short History;
The Memoirs of a Modern Gnostic; numerous translations of the Prajñāpāramitā Literature
Dr. Seuss (1991; born March 2, 1904) American writer and illustrator of popular children's books including
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street;
If I Ran the Zoo;
Horton Hears a Who!;
If I Ran the Circus;
The Cat in the Hat;
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!;
Green Eggs and Ham; also received a special Pulitzer Prize (1984); two Academy Awards
Bonus Classic:
Zisi (c. 481-402 BCE) Chinese philosopher and the grandson of Confucius; Zhong Yong (Doctrine of the Mean) (one of Confucianism's "Four Books")
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