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Coraline in the 2009 film based
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Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Martin Luther (1483; died February 18, 1546) German monk, theologian, and religious founder;
The Ninety-Five Theses;
Address to the Christian Nobility;
Concerning Christian Liberty
Oliver Goldsmith (1728; died April 4, 1774) Irish novelist, playwright, and poet;
The Vicar of Wakefield;
She Stoops to Conquer;
The Deserted Village
Friedrich Schiller (1759; died May 9, 1805) German playwright and poet;
The Robbers;
Don Carlos;
The Wallenstein Trilogy;
Mary Stuart;
William Tell
Vachel Lindsay (1879; died December 5, 1931) American poet; "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight"; "Bryan, Bryan, Bryan, Bryan"; "The Dandelion"; "General William Booth Enters Into Heaven";
The Golden Book of Springfield; "The Eagle That is Forgotten"
John P. Marquand (1893; died July 16, 1960) American writer; best known for his spy stories with the stereotyped Asian character "Mr. Moto";
The Late George Apley;
Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, (1938)
Neil Gaiman (1960) English novelist and short story writer;
The Sandman;
Neverwhere;
American Gods;
Stardust;
Coraline;
The Graveyard Book;
Good Omens;
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Died on this day:
Arthur Rimbaud (1891; born October 20, 1854) French poet who wrote
Lettres du voyant (
Letters of the Seer); "Le bateau ivre" ("The Drunken Boat");
Une Saison en Enfer (
A Season in Hell);
Soleil et chair (
Sun and Flesh)
Ken Kesey (2001; born September 17, 1935) American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet;
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest;
Sometimes a Great Notion
Norman Mailer (2007; born January 31, 1923) American novelist, essayist, playwright, and journalist;
The Naked and the Dead;
The Executioner's Song;
The Armies of the Night; Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, (1969); Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, (1980)
Bonus Classic:
Peter Lombard (1100-1160) French bishop (of Paris) and theologian;
Libri Quattuor Sententiarum (
The Four Books of Sentences)
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