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Peter Ustinov appeared as Agatha Christie's sleuth
Hercule Poirot six times, here in a 1982 film
adaptation of the novel Evil Under the Sun. |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Charles Perrault (1628; died May 16, 1703) French writer of fairy tales; "The Sleeping Beauty," "Little Red Riding Hood," "Cinderella," "Puss in Boots"
Edmund Burke (1729; died July 9, 1797) Irish philosopher;
On the Sublime and Beautiful; Reflections on the Revolution in France
Jack London (1876; died November 22, 1916) American novelist, short story writer, journalist, and activist; novels
The Call of the Wild;
White Fang;
The Sea Wolf;
stories "To Build a Fire"; "An Odyssey of the North"; "Love of Life"; "The Pearls of Parlay"; "The Heathen"; non-fiction
The People of the Abyss
Murakami Haruki (1949) Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and essayist;
A Wild Sheep Chase;
Norwegian Wood;
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle;
Kafka on the Shore;
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Died on this day:
Agatha Christie (1976; born September 15, 1890) English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright known for Characters Hercule Poirot and Miss (Jane) Marple; novels
Murder on the Orient Express;
Death on the Nile;
The ABC Murders;
And Then There Were None; short story collection
Partners in Crime; play
The Mousetrap
Bonus Classic:
John Fletcher (December 1579-August 1625) English playwright; over 50 plays alone or in collaboration (including three--maybe--with Shakespeare)
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