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A painting in the series of Boulevard Montmartre
cityscapes by Camille Pissarro |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
John Calvin (1509; died May 27, 1564) French theologian and pastor;
The Institutes of the Christian Religion; Bible commentaries
Aphra Behn (1640; died April 16, 1689) British playwright, poet, and fiction writer;
Oroonoko;
The Rover;
The Fair Jilt
Frederick Marryat (1792; died August 9, 1848) British novelist and naval officer;
Mr. Midshipman Easy;
The Children of the New Forest;
The Phantom Ship
Camille Pissarro (1830; died November 13, 1903) Danish-French painter;
Boulevard Montmartre cityscape series;
Boulevard des Italians, Morning, Sunlight;
Bather in the Woods
Marcel Proust (1871; died November 18, 1922) French novelist, critic, and essayist; best-known for
À la recherche du temps perdu, (
In Search of Lost Time or
Remembrance of Things Past)
Alice Munro (1931) Canadian short story writer;
Runaway;
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (or
Away from Her);
Dance Of The Happy Shades; Something I’ve Been Meaning To Tell You; Nobel Prize in Literature (2013)
Died on this day:
"Jelly Roll" Morton (1941; born October 20, 1890) American composer of "Jelly Roll Blues"; "King Porter Stomp"; "Wolverine Blues"; "Black Bottom Stomp"; "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say"
Sholem Asch (1957; born November 1, 1880) Polish-American Yiddish novelist, dramatist, and essayist;
Three Cities;
The Nazarene;
The Apostle;
Mary;
Tales of My People (short stories)
Ibuse Masuji (1993; born February 15, 1898) Japanese author;
Sanshouo (
Salamander and Other Stories);
Kuroi Ame (
Black Rain);
Jon Manjiro Hyoryuki (
John Manjiro, the Cast-Away: His Life and Adventures)
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