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Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) and Montana Wildhack (Valerie
Perrine) in the zoo on Tralfamadore in George Roy Hill's
1972 film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821; died February 9, 1881) Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher;
Poor Folk;
Crime and Punishment;
The Idiot;
Demons;
The Brothers Karamazov;
Notes from Underground
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922; died April 11, 2007) American novelist and short story writer;
Player Piano;
The Sirens of Titan;
Cat's Cradle;
Slaughterhouse-Five;
Breakfast of Champions; short-story collection
Welcome to the Monkey House includes "Harrison Bergeron," "Who Am I This Time?" and "EPICAC"
Carlos Fuentes (1928; died May 15, 2012) Mexican novelist and essayist;
Gringo Viejo (
The Old Gringo);
La Muerte de Artemio Cruz (
The Death of Artemio Cruz);
Terra Nostra
Died on this day:
Soren Kierkegaard (1855; born May 5, 1813) Danish philosopher and theologian;
Either/Or;
Fear and Trembling;
The Sickness Unto Death
Bonus Classic:
Jean Froissart (c. 1337-c. 1405) French historian;
The Chronicles
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