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The "Wart" pulls out The Sword in the Stone in Disney's
1963 animated adaptation of the first book of
T. H. White's tetralogy The Once and Future King. |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600; died May 25, 1681) Spanish playwright;
La Vida Es Sueño (
Life Is a Dream);
La Dama Duende (
The Phantom Lady)
Benjamin Franklin (1706; died April 17, 1790) American polymath;
Autobiography;
Poor Richard's Almanack
Died on this day:
Anthony the Great (356; born 251) Coptic-speaking Egyptian hermit and Church Father known for his
Letters
Yosa Buson (1784; born Unknown Date, 1716) Japanese poet; haiku poems (one of the "Four Great Haiku Masters")
Edward Shepherd Creasy (1878; born September 12, 1812) English historian who wrote
Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World
Francis Galton (1911; born February 16, 1822) English polymath; "The Classification of Human Ability" from
Hereditary Genius
T. H. White (1964; born May 29, 1906) English novelist;
The Once and Future King; (four parts:
The Sword in the Stone;
The Queen of Air and Darkness;
The Ill-Made Knight;
The Candle in the Wind);
The Book of Beasts;
The Book of Merlyn
Mary Oliver (2019; born September 10, 1935) American poet known for looking deeply into nature; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1984)
Bonus Classic:
Terence (c. 195/185-c. 159?) Roman comic playwright known for
Andria (
The Girl from Andros)
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