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| The purported meeting between Kublai Khan and Marco Polo |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Su Dongpo (1037; died August 24, 1101) major Chinese poet; around 2,700 poems, including
Chibifu (
The Red Cliffs);
Nian Nu Jiao: Chibi Huai Gu (
Remembering Chibi); and
Shui diao ge tou (
Remembering Su Zhe on the Mid-Autumn Festival). Also, one of "Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song."
Wilkie Collins (1824; died September 23, 1889) English novelist, playwright, and short story writer who wrote
The Woman in White;
No Name;
Armadale;
The Moonstone
Died on this day:
Marco Polo (1324; born 1254) Italian merchant and explorer;
The Travels of Marco Polo (originally in Old French
Livre des Merveilles du Monde or
Book of the Marvels of the World) was based on his stories
Galileo Galilei (1642; born February 15, 1564) Italian astronomer;
Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo (
Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems);
Sidereus Nuncius (
The Starry Messenger)
Paul Verlaine (1896; born March 30, 1844) French poet;
Poèmes saturniens;
Sagesse;
Les poètes maudits
Bonus Classic
The Dead Sea Scrolls (408 BCE-318 CE?) Biblical and extra-biblical manuscripts in Hebrew and other languages
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