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Eliza Gant (Jo Van Fleet) and Eugene Gant
(Anthony Perkins) in the 1957-1959 Broadway
production of Look Homeward, Angel by
Ketti Frings, based on Thomas Wolfe's novel |
Here are today's milestones:
Born this on day:
J. Ross Browne (1821; died December 9, 1875) Irish-born American traveler, artist, writer and government agent who wrote
Adventures in the Apache Country
Thomas A. Edison (1847; died October 18, 1931) American scientist and inventor who left behind a
Diary and published
Papers
Died this on day:
Rene Descartes (1650; born March 31, 1596) French philosopher and scientist;
Discourse on the Method;
Meditations on First Philosophy
Louise Smith Clapp (1906; born July 28, 1819) American author;
The Shirley Letters
Ketti Frings (1981; born February 28, 1909) American author and playwright;
Walking Happy;
Look Homeward, Angel; Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1958)
Frank Herbert (1986; born October 8, 1920) American science fiction writer who wrote
Dune and its sequels; the
ConSentiency series; the
Destination: Void series
Sylvia Plath (1963; born October 27, 1932) American poet, novelist, and short story writer who wrote
The Colossus and Other Poems;
Ariel;
The Bell Jar
Bonus Classic:
Du Fu (712-770) Chinese "poet historian"; nearly 1500 poems with titles like "To My Retired Friend Wei" and "Reply to a Friend's Advice"
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