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Albert Bierstadt's 6 x 10 foot painting
Among the Sierra Nevada, California |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Albert Bierstadt (1830; died February 18, 1902) German-American painter; large landscapes like
The Rocky Mountains;
Among the Sierra Nevada, California;
Mount Corcoran
Zora Neale Hurston (1891; died January 28, 1960) American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist;
Their Eyes Were Watching God;
Mules and Men
Died on this day:
François Fénelon (1715; born August 6, 1651) French Roman Catholic archbishop, theologian, and poet;
Les Aventures de Télémaque (
The Adventures of Telemachus)
John Berryman (1972; born October 25, 1914) American poet who wrote
The Dream Songs (
77 Dream Songs and
His Toy, His Dream His Rest); Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1965)
Bonus Classic
Hippocrates (c. 460-c. 370 BCE) Greek physician whose
Works include "The Hippocratic Oath"
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