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The Last Sleep of Arthur by Edward Burne-Jones
illustrates the moment Thomas Malory called
Le Morte D'Arthur--"The Death of Arthur." |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Albert Einstein (1879; died April 18, 1955) German-American physicist;
Relativity: the Special and General Theory;
The Meaning of Relativity; "The World As I See It"; "My Views"; Nobel Prize in Physics (1921)
Died on this day:
Thomas Malory (1471; born Unknown Date, 1405) English writer;
Morte D'Arthur
Karl Marx (1883; born May 5, 1818) German philosopher;
The Communist Manifesto (with Friedrich Engels);
Das Kapital
Frederick Jackson Turner (1932; born November 14, 1861) American historian;
The Frontier in American History
Edward Abbey (1989; born January 29, 1927) American novelist and essayist;
The Monkey Wrench Gang;
Desert Solitaire
Lawrence Clark Powell (2001; born September 3, 1906) American author and librarian known for books about books and authors
Bonus Classic:
"Negro" Spirituals (started in 18th century) Christian songs created by African slaves in the United States
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