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Br'er Rabbit and Tar-Baby, a famous incident in the
"Uncle Remus" stories of Joel Chandler Harris |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
John Milton (1608; died November 8, 1674) English poet and man of letters;
Paradise Lost;
Tractate on Education;
Areopagitica; and minor poems in English (including "Lycidas" and "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity; Sonnets")
Richard Lovelace (1617; died Unknown Date, 1657) English poet; "To Althea, from Prison," "To Lucasta, Going to the Warres"
Joel Chandler Harris (1848; died July 3, 1908) American journalist and folklorist; the
Uncle Remus series
Lancelot Hogben (1895; died August 22, 1975) British scientist;
Mathematics for the Million;
Science for the Citizen
Died on this day:
Saadi Shirazi (1291; born Unknown Date, 1210) Persian poet; Bustan (The Orchard); Gulistan (The Rose Garden)
J. Ross Browne (1875; born February 11, 1821) Irish-born American traveler, artist, writer and government agent who wrote
Adventures in the Apache Country
Natsume Soseki (1916; born February 9, 1867) Japanese novelist;
Kokoro;
Botchan;
I Am a Cat
Bonus Classic:
Nasreddin Hodja (died c. 1280) Turkish Muslim holy man and funny man, subject of thousands of stories
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