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Henry Fonda as Tom Joad in John Ford's 1940 film
adaptation of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath |
Here are today's milestones:
Died on this day:
Ambroise Paré (1590; born Unknown Date, 1510) French barber surgeon;
Journeys in Diverse Places
Carl Sagan (1996; born November 9, 1934) American scientist and author;
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage;
The Dragons of Eden;
Pale Blue Dot;
Contact (novel); Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, (1978)
John Steinbeck (1968; born February 27, 1902) American novelist; short story writer;
Of Mice and Men;
The Grapes of Wrath;
East of Eden; Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, (1940); Nobel Prize in Literature, (1962)
Bonus Classic:
The Book of Dede Korkut (15th century) collection of Turkmen (Oghuz) epics
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