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Cover of The Cat in the Hat, the
most famous book by Dr. Seuss |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Sholom Aleichem (1859; died May 13, 1916) Russian/Ukrainian author and playwright; stories of Tevye the Dairyman:
Tevye's Daughter;
Adventures of Mottel;
The Old Country
Dr. Seuss (1904; died September 24, 1991) American writer and illustrator of popular children's books including
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street;
If I Ran the Zoo;
Horton Hears a Who!;
If I Ran the Circus;
The Cat in the Hat;
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!;
Green Eggs and Ham; also received a special Pulitzer Prize (1984); two Academy Awards
Died on this day:
John Wesley (1791; born June 17, 1703) English Anglican cleric and theologian;
Notes on the New Testament; sermons
D.H. Lawrence (1930; born September 11, 1885) English writer known for novels
Sons and Lovers;
Women in Love;
Lady Chatterley's Lover; short stories "The Prussian Officer"; "The Rocking-Horse Winner"
Philip K. Dick (1982; born December 16, 1928) American author of science fiction;
Ubik;
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?;
The Man in the High Castle;
A Scanner Darkly;
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said; the
VALIS trilogy (
VALIS;
The Divine Invasion;
The Transmigration of Timothy Archer); "Second Variety"
Bonus Classic:
Sei Shonagon (c. 966-1017/1025) Japanese court lady who wrote
Makura no Soshi (
The Pillow Book), observations on life at court
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