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James Cagney as George M. Cohan in
Michael Curtiz's Yankee Doodle Dandy |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
William Hazlitt (1778; died September 18, 1830) English writer and critic known for
Characters of Shakespear's Plays;
Table-Talk;
The Spirit of the Age: Or, Contemporary Portraits
Died on this day:
Kahlil Gibran (1931; born January 6, 1883) Lebanese-American artist, poet, and writer;
The Prophet;
Jesus, The Son of Man;
Broken Wings
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1909; born April 5, 1837) English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic;
Poems and Ballads
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1955; born May 1, 1881) French philosopher and Jesuit priest;
The Phenomenon of Man;
The Divine Milieu;
The Future of Man;
letters and essays
Michael Curtiz (1962; born December 24, 1886) Hungarian-American filmmaker;
Casablanca (Best Director Oscar);
Angels with Dirty Faces;
Yankee Doodle Dandy;
Mildred Pierce;
White Christmas
Evelyn Waugh (1966; born October 28, 1903) English writer of novels, biographies and travel books who wrote
Decline and Fall;
A Handful of Dust;
Brideshead Revisited;
Sword of Honour (trilogy)
Bonus Classic:
Yuan Hongdao (1568-1610) Chinese poet; poems and
xiaopin (short essays)
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