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| Charlie Chaplin and friend dine together in The Gold Rush |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Isaac Newton (1642; died March 31, 1727) English natural philosopher (scientist);
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (
Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy)
William Collins (1721; died June 12, 1759) English poet;
Persian Eclogues
Cab Calloway (1907; died November 18, 1994) American performer; "Minnie the Moocher"; "Saint James Infirmary"; "Kicking the Gong Around"; "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2008)
Died on this day:
Han Yu (824; born 768) Chinese essayist and poet, first among the "Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song"
Karel Capek (1938; born January 9, 1890) Czech playwright and novelist; novel
War with the Newts; play
R.U.R. (
Rossum's Universal Robots)
Charlie Chaplin (1977; born April 16, 1889) English filmmaker;
The Gold Rush;
City Lights;
Modern Times;
The Great Dictator; Honorary Academy Award (1972)
Ooka Shohei (1988; born March 6, 1909) Japanese novelist;
Nobi (
Fires on the Plain)
Bonus Classic:
The Mahabharata (4th century CE) one of the two greatest Indian epics; attributed to
Vyasa (c. 200)
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