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A 1948 production at Shimer College of The King's
Henchman with a libretto by Edna St. Vincent Millay |
Here are today's milestones:
Born this on day:
George Washington (1732; died December 14, 1799) American statesman; "First" and "Second Inaugural Addresses"; "Thanksgiving Proclamation"; "Newburgh Address"; "Farewell Address"
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788; died September 21, 1860) German philosopher best known for
The World as Will and Representation
James Russell Lowell (1819; died August 12, 1891) American poet, critic, and editor;
A Fable for Critics;
The Biglow Papers
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892; died October 19, 1950) American poet and playwright;
A Few Figs From Thistles;
Second April; "Euclid Alone has Looked on Beauty Bare"; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1923)
Ishmael Reed (1938) American poet, novelist, essayist, and playwright;
Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down;
Mumbo Jumbo;
The Last Days of Louisiana Red;
Flight to Canada
Died this on day:
Charles Lyell (1875; born November 14, 1797) English geologist;
Principles of Geology;
Elements of Geology;
Antiquity of Man
Andy Warhol (1987; born August 6, 1928) American artist;
Campbell's Soup Cans;
Marilyn Diptych
Lawrence Ferlinghetti (2021; born March 24, 1919) American poet;
A Coney Island of the Mind
Bonus Classic:
Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch (c. 35-c. 108) Church Father who wrote seven
Letters
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