Richard Burton as Thomas Becket and Peter O'Toole as King Henry II in the 1964 film adaptation of Jean Anouilh's play Becket, or the Honour of God |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Giambattista Vico (1668; died January 23, 1744) Italian philosopher; Scienza Nuova (New Science)
Jean Anouilh (1910; died October 3, 1987) French dramatist who wrote The Lark; Becket; Traveler without Luggage; Antigone
Donald Hall (2018; born September 20, 1928) American poet and writer known for poetry collections Exiles and Marriages; Kicking the Leaves; The Happy Man; The One Day; The Museum of Clear Ideas; Without: Poems; children's book Ox-Cart Man; non-fiction Essays After Eighty
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