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Reconstruction of the Great Hall of the Library at
Alexandria as seen in the book accompanying Carl Sagan's
groundbreaking TV series, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Carl Sagan (1934; died December 20, 1996) American scientist and author;
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage;
The Dragons of Eden;
Pale Blue Dot;
Contact (novel); Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, (1978)
Ivan Turgenev (1818; died September 3, 1883) Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright known for the novel
Fathers and Sons.
Died on this day:
Howard Pyle (1911; born March 5, 1853) American author;
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood;
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights;
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table; etc.
Guillaume Apollinaire (1918; born August 26, 1880) French author and poet who wrote
Calligrammes
Dylan Thomas (1953; born October 27, 1914) Welsh poet and writer who wrote "Do not go gentle into that good night"; "And death shall have no dominion";
Under Milk Wood;
A Child's Christmas in Wales;
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
Bonus Classic:
Galen (129-c.?200/c.?216) Greek physician; wrote voluminously on medical discoveries during the Roman era
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