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Martha (Elizabeth Taylor) and George (Richard Burton)
in Mike Nichols's 1966 film version of Edward
Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
John Aubrey (1626; died June 7, 1697) English natural philosopher (scientist);
Brief Lives;
Monumenta Britannica
Richard Steele (1672; died September 1, 1729) Irish writer; with Joseph Addison, published
The Tatler and
The Spectator
George Berkeley (1685; died January 14, 1753) Anglo-Irish philosopher and Bishop (of Cloyne, Ireland);
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
Stewart Edward White (1873; died September 18, 1946) American writer, novelist, and spiritualist who wrote
Arizona Nights
Jack Kerouac (1922; died October 21, 1969) American novelist and poet who wrote
The Town and the City;
On the Road;
The Dharma Bums;
Mexico City Blues
Edward Albee (1928; died September 16, 2016) American playwright;
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?;
The Zoo Story;
A Delicate Balance;
The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?; Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1967, 1975, and 1994)
Died on this day:
Gregory the Great (604; born Unknown Date, c. 540) Roman Church Father and Pope; enacted liturgical reforms, and is credited with "Gregorian" chant
Nizami Ganjavi (1209; born Unknown Date, 1141) Persian Muslim poet;
Panj Ganj (
The Five Jewels) or
Khamsa, five long narrative poems
Bonus Classic:
Kabir (15th century) Indian mystic poet;
Bijak (sacred texts);
Anurag Sagar (
Ocean of Love)
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