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Path of the Rio Grande, subject
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Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Kenneth Grahame (1859; died July 6, 1932) British writer;
The Wind in the Willows;
The Reluctant Dragon
Died on this day:
Xu Xiake (1641; born January 5, 1587) Chinese travel writer;
Xu Xiake Youji (
Xu Xiake's Travels)
Hector Berlioz (1869; born December 11, 1803) French composer;
Damnation of Faust;
Symphonie Fantastique;
Requiem
Sherwood Anderson (1941; born September 13, 1877) American writer known for
Winesburg, Ohio;
Dark Laughter
Paul Horgan (1995; born August 1, 1903) American author;
Great River: The Rio Grande in North American History;
Lamy of Santa Fe; Pulitzer Prize for History (1955, 1976)
Wilson Harris (2018; born March 24, 1921) Guyanese poet, novelist, and essayist;
The Guyana Quartet (
Palace of the Peacock;
The Far Journey of Oudin;
The Whole Armour;
The Secret Ladder)
Bonus Classic:
Liu Tong (c. 1593–1637) Chinese writer;
Dijing Jingwulue (
Survey of Scenery and Monuments in the Imperial Capital)
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