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Jason Statham stars as Parker in a 2013 film
version of Donald E. Westlake's novel Flashfire |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Jean de Crèvecoeur (1735; died November 12, 1813) French-American author;
Letters from an American Farmer
Henri Matisse (1869; died November 3, 1954) French artist;
Woman with a Hat;
Nu bleu;
La Danse
Died on this day:
Marshall McLuhan (1980; born July 21, 1911) Canadian philosopher;
The Mechanical Bride;
The Gutenberg Galaxy;
Understanding Media;
The Medium is the Massage;
War and Peace in the Global Village; From Cliché to Archetype
Donald E. Westlake (2008; born July 12, 1933) American author of crime stories; the
Parker and
John Dortmunder series;
The Hunter;
The Grifters;
The Stepfather
Bonus Classic:
Atisha (982-1054) Bengali Buddhist master who wrote
Bodhipathapradipa (
A Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment)
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