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Chances are, Death Valley in '49 (when William L. Manly
was there) probably looked pretty much like it does today. |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
William S. Burroughs (1914; died August 2, 1997) American novelist, short story writer, satirist, essayist;
Naked Lunch;
Junkie
Died this on day:
Thomas Carlyle (1881; born December 4, 1795) Scottish philosopher;
On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History;
The French Revolution: A History;
Sartor Resartus
William L. Manly (1903; born April 6, 1820) American pioneer;
Death Valley in '49
Marianne Moore (1972; born November 15, 1887) American poet;
Collected Poems; "Poetry" (a poem); Pulitzer Prize in Poetry (1951)
Bonus Classic:
Diamond Sutra (before 401 CE) Indian Buddhist text; one of the shortest, densest of sutras, it "cuts like a diamond," and emphasizes non-attachment
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