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2009 Death - Frank McCourt, author, teacher, wrote Pulitzer-Prize winning book, 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his impoverished life in Ireland, dies at age 78 in Manhattan, New York
2005 Event - 6th Harry Potter book by J. K. Rowling is released: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2004 Death - Syd Hoff, cartoonist/children's book illustrator, The New Yorker, dies at 91 2003 Death - Adam Osborne, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 2000 Death - Joe Mayhew, cartoonist/reviewer, Washington Post Book World, dies at 57 1999 Death - Lionel Bart, composer, songwriter, wrote pop music, musicals, created book, music and lyrics for Oliver!, dies at 68 1998 Death - Henny Youngman, comedian, ", Take My Wife, Please!: Henny Youngman's Giant Book of Jokes, ", dies at 91 1997 Death - Brendan Gill, writer, film critic, author, wrote film critiques for Film Comment, wrote articles for The New Yorker, and a book about his time at The New Yorker magazine, dies at 83 1997 Death - Millie, dog of President Bush (Millie's Book), dies at 12 1996 Event - Howard Stern's book "Miss America" released in paperback 1996 Death - Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman), dies at 81 1995 Event - Howard Stern's 2nd book "Miss America" released (fastest selling ever) 1994 Death - Richard M Major, U.S. anti-terror specialist (CIA Red Book), dies at 72 1994 Death - Richard McClure Scarry, U.S. kid book illustrator/writer, dies at 74 1994 Death - John Preston, U.S. writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48 1993 Event - Howard Stern releases his 1st book "Private Parts" 1992 Event - Madonna's book "Sex" goes on sale 1992 Death - Mary Norton, children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88 1992 Death - M F K Fisher, cook book author, dies of Parkinson Disease at 83 1992 Death - Walt Morey, U.S. children's book writer (Gentle Ben), dies at 84 1991 Death - James Marshall, U.S. children's book writer/illustrator, dies at 50 1991 Death - Hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies 1991 Death - Sylvia Porter, economist/author (Money Book), dies at 77 1991 Event - Kitty Kelly publishes a book knocking Nancy Reagan 1990 Event - "Millie's Book" written by 1st Lady Barbara Bush for president's dog is a best-selling non-fiction book 1990 Death - Ben Rutgers Van de Loeff-Basenau, children's book writer, dies at 80 1990 Death - Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74 1989 Event - Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Rushdie's book 1988 Birthday - Jordy, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, French singer, guitarist, achieved Guinness Book of World Records as youngest singer with number one chart-topping hit, 'Dur dur d'etre bebe!', or, 'It's Tough to be a Baby', founded, tours, records with Jordy and the Dixies 1987 Death - John Qualen, actor (Patch of Blue, Jungle Book), dies 1986 Death - Jorge Luis Borges, Arg author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86 1980 Event - Amer Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff) 1979 Event - Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc 1979 Event - Iran press censors start massive book burnings 1977 Death - HA Rey, author of popular constellation book, dies at 78 1977 Event - Marvel Comics publish "Kiss book" tributing rock group Kiss 1977 Death - Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Monus), dies at 70 1975 Death - Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper, murdered 1975 Death - Joseph Calleia, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda), dies at 78 1975 Death - Frank Puglia actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book), dies at 83 1974 Death - Amy Vanderbilt, U.S. author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66 1973 Death - Alexandre A M Stols, publisher/typographer (Schoone Book), dies at 73 1972 Event - International Book Year begins 1971 Death - Joe E. Lewis, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild', dies in New Jersey, age 69 1969 Event - USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings 1968 Event - Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis 1968 Event - Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandad took out in 1823 1967 Event - Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released 1967 Death - Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies 1966 Birthday - Sherman Alexie, born in Wellpinit, Washington, writer, filmmaker, Native American, known for book, 'The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven', and 'Smoke Signals' film 1965 Event - John Lennon's 2nd book "A Spaniard in the Works" is published 1964 Death - Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93 1963 Death - Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39 1963 Event - Beatles Book is sold out on its 1st day of sale 1962 Event - "You Can't Judge A Book By Cover" by Bo Diddley peaks at #48 1962 Birthday - Gina Gershon, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, film roles include, 'Cocktail', 'Bound', 'Showgirls', author of children's book, 'Camp Creepy Time' 1961 Birthday - Dave Mustaine, born in La Mesa, California, guitarist, singer, songwriter, Megadeth, heavy metal band member, listed in book, '100 Greatest Metal Guitarists' 1960 Birthday - Neil Gaiman, born in Portchester, Hampshire, author, science fiction, wrote, 'Good Omens', 'The Sandman' comic book series 1959 Event - Postmaster General bans D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover (overruled by U.S. Court of Appeals in Mar 1960) 1959 Birthday - Ben Okri, born in London, of Nigerian descent, poet, author, won Booker Prize 1991, for book 'The Famished Road', described as a magic realist 1958 Birthday - Sandy Lyle, born in Shrewsbury, professional golfer, represented Scotland, won The Open Championship at Sandwich, 1985, wrote book 'To The Fairway Born' 1957 Event - Yugoslavia bans Milovan Djilas' book "new class marine officers" 1955 Event - Guinness Book of World Records 1st published 1954 Birthday - Alex Cox, born in Bebington, Mereyside, England, screenwriter, film director, independent film producer, actor, author, directed film 'Repo Man', wrote book '10,000 Ways to Die' 1953 Birthday - Alan Moore, born in Northampton, England, author, wrote comic book series, 'Watchmen', 'From Hell' and 'V for Vendetta', wrote novel, 'Voice of Fire' 1953 Death - Elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish author (children's book), dies at 79 1953 Event - Eisenhower condemns McCarthy's book burning proposal 1950 Death - Charles Koechlin, French composer (Jungle Book), dies at 83 1950 Birthday - Wally Lamb, born in America, author, novelist, featured in Oprah's Book Club, books include 'The Hour I First Believed' 'I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison', 'She's Come Undone', 'I Know This Much is True' 1950 Event - 1st annual National Book Awards 1947 Death - Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61 1947 Event - "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000 1946 Event - Dr. Ben Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" published 1945 Birthday - Dieter Meier, Swiss singer and children book writer, Yello 1943 Birthday - R L Stine, children's book writer, Goosebumps 1943 Birthday - Ian Watson, born in UK, sci-fi author, Book of Being, Whores of Babylon 1942 Event - "Archie" comic book debuts 1942 Birthday - Archie Andrews, comic book character, Archie 1941 Birthday - Paul Theroux, American travel book writer, Mosquito Coast 1941 Event - "Captain America" appears in a comic book 1940 Death - Florence Scovel Shinn, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore, dies 1939 Birthday - Adam Osborne, born in Thailand, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation 1939 Birthday - Jane Bryant Quinn, newscaster/financial writer, Everyone's Money Book 1938 Event - Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded 1936 Birthday - Abbie Hoffman, aka Free, Yippie/activist/author, Steal this Book 1935 Birthday - Lewis Arquette, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Horror Show, Book of Love 1935 Death - Fernando A N Pessoa, Portuguese poet (Book of Disquiet), dies at 47 1935 Birthday - Charles Shere, born in Berkeley, California, composer, music critic, Music Director for radio KPFA, Berkeley, wrote book, 'How I Saw Duchamp' 1935 Death - Charles Shere, composer, music critic, Music Director for radio KPFA, Berkeley, wrote book, 'How I Saw Duchamp', dies 1935 Event - 1st Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution 1934 Birthday - Lionel Bart, born in Stepney, England, composer, songwriter, wrote pop music, musicals, created book, music and lyrics for Oliver! 1934 Birthday - Harry Blackstone, Jr., magician, Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion 1933 Birthday - Gerald Masters, South African/British author, Pan Book of Dates 1933 Birthday - Reiner Kunze, born in Oelsnitz, Germany, writer, dissident of the German Democratic Republic, book, 'The Lovely Years', published in West Germany 1933 Event - Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany 1933 Death - Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, dies 1932 Death - Rene de Clerq, Flemish poet and writer (Book of Love), dies 1931 Birthday - Colin Wilson, author, Afterlife, Book of Great Mysteries 1930 Event - Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book 1930 Birthday - Tonke Dragt, Dutch children book author, Towers of February 1930 Birthday - Frank McCourt, born in Brooklyn, New York, author, teacher, wrote Pulitzer-Prize winning book, 'Angela's Ashes', a memoir of his impoverished life in Ireland 1930 Birthday - Fred[erick Thomas] Saberhagen, U.S., sci-fi author, Book of Swords 1929 Death - Arno Holz, poet, dramatist, freelance writer, wrote book of poetry 'Phantaesus', dies at 66 1929 Birthday - John Gutfreund, former CEO of investment bank, Salomon Brothers Inc., featured in book Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis 1929 Death - Mary MacLane, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month, dies at age 48, in Chicago, Illinois 1928 Birthday - Anthony Blond, British publisher, The Publishing Game, Book Book 1927 Birthday - Cecil Bodker, born in Fredericia, Denmark, writer, won Mildred L. Batchelder Award for her book titled, The Leopard, considered the most outstanding book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, then published in the United States 1927 Birthday - Martin Walser, born in Wasserburg am Bodensee, Germany, writer, 1998 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade winner, known for 'Runaway Horse', famous for describing conflicts his anti-heroes have in stories and novels 1927 Birthday - Galway Kinnell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, author, Body Rags, Book of Nightmares 1926 Event - Alan Alexander Milne's book "Winnie-the-Pooh" released 1926 Event - Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections "Lolly Willowes" and "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner 1925 Birthday - Justin Kaplan, born in New York, New York, writer, editor, Pulitzer-prize winner and National Book Award-winner for biography on Mark Twain, edited Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 16th edition 1925 Birthday - Norris McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records 1925 Birthday - Ross McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records 1925 Birthday - Russell Hoban, U.S. children's book author, Riddley Walker/Pilgermann 1924 Birthday - Robert Parris, Philadelphia, composer, Book of Imaginery Beings 1924 Event - 1st crossword puzzle book published (Simon and Schuster) 1924 Death - Simon Abramsz, Dutch writer (Artist book), dies at 56 1923 Birthday - Roy Lichtenstein, New York City, Pop art painter, painted comic book panels 1919 Event - 1st observance of National Book Week 1915 Event - Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of "Book Week" 1914 Birthday - Jerry Siegel, comic book writer, Superman 1914 Birthday - Brendan Gill, born in Hartford, Connecticut, writer, film critic, author, wrote film critiques for Film Comment, wrote articles for The New Yorker, and a book about his time at The New Yorker magazine 1913 Birthday - Sylvia Porter, financial writer, Sylvia Porter's Money Book 1912 Birthday - Andrew Long, Scottish author, Blue Book of Fairy Tales 1911 Birthday - Christina Foyle, book seller 1910 Birthday - Donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer and actor, Battle of the Sexes 1910 Birthday - An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer, Skating Race 1909 Birthday - Hotze de Roos, Dutch youth book author, Chameleon 1909 Birthday - Arnold Shaw, born in America, composer, songwriter, music business executive for Leeds Music Corporation, later MCA, wrote book on Harry Belafonte, series on 20th century American music 1908 Birthday - Amy Vanderbilt, authority on etiquette, Complete Book of Etiquette 1908 Birthday - Jacques [Izaak] den Haan, Dutch writer, Dangerous Book 1907 Birthday - Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author, Pipi Longstocking 1907 Birthday - Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer, Man in the Moon 1907 Birthday - Mascha Kaleko, born in Chrzanow, Austria, now Poland, writer, German language poet, first book 'Lyrisches Stenogrammheft' was burned in Nazi book burnings, wrote advertising copy while living in New York 1903 Birthday - Benjamin Spock, CT, pediatrician, Common Sense Book of Baby Care 1902 Birthday - Joe E. Lewis, born in New York City, New York, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild' 1901 Death - Kate Greenaway, English children book illustrater, dies at 55 1899 Birthday - Jean de Brunhoff, France, children's book author, Babar the Elephant 1898 Birthday - Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator, Orlando 1897 Birthday - Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor, Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil 1895 Birthday - Zoltan Korda, Hungarian/British director, Jungle Book, 4 Feathers 1894 Death - Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book publisher (Van Dale), dies 1893 Birthday - Mao Tse-tung, of little red book fame, Prime Minister of China PR, 1949 - 1976 1892 Event - Book matches are patented by Diamond Match Company 1892 Event - Diamond Match Co patented book matches 1892 Birthday - Frank Puglia, born in Sicily, Italy, actor, Black Orchid, Jungle Book 1889 Death - Charles Mackay, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer', dies 1889 Death - Robert Browning, English poet (Ring and Book), dies at 77 1887 Event - 1st Esperanto book published 1881 Birthday - Mary MacLane, born in Winnipeg, Canada, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month 1880 Death - Eelco Refer, linguistic (Oera Linda Book?), dies at 49 1879 Birthday - Frederick G. Melcher, U.S., publisher/editor/founded children book week 1878 Event - 1st telephone book issued, 50 subscribers (New Harbor, Connecticut) 1874 Birthday - Elsa Beskow, Maartman, Swedish children's book/fairy tales author 1871 Birthday - Florence Scovel Shinn, born in New Jersey, artist, book illustrator, metaphysical writer, wrote, 'The Game of Life and how to Play it", 1925, writings follow thought principles of Emma Curtis Hopkins, Myrtle Fillmore, Phineas Quimby, Charles Fillmore 1867 Birthday - Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wisconsin, kid book author, Little House on Prarie 1865 Birthday - Rudyard Kipling, Bombay, author, Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907 1863 Birthday - Arthur Quiller-Couch, Q, editor, Oxford Book of English Verse 1863 Birthday - Arno Holz, born in Germany, poet, dramatist, freelance writer, wrote book of poetry 'Phantaesus' 1857 Death - Pierr-Jean Beranger, songwriter, writer, book of memoirs, 'Ma biographie', published in 1858, dies 1856 Event - Cyrus Chambers, Jr. patents folding machine that folds book and newspapers 1852 Birthday - Henry Van Dyke, clergyman, educator, author, wrote poetry, hymns, essays, co-wrote first Presbyterian printed liturgy, 'The Common Book of Worship of 1906', served as U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg 1849 Birthday - Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of childrens book, My Secret Garden 1847 Event - Charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published 1846 Birthday - Kate Greenaway, born in England, artist/book illustrator, Under the Window 1844 Birthday - Andrew Lang, born in Scotland, author, The Blue Fairy Book 1837 Death - John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 1835 Event - Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales 1828 Death - Mihaly Fazekar, Hungarian botanist/literary (Book of Spices), dies 1826 Birthday - Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book/publisher, Van Dale 1825 Death - Amos Bull, composer, wrote book of hymns 'The Responsary', used in New England churches, dies at 81 1824 Birthday - Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book 1814 Birthday - Charles Mackay, born in Perth, Scotland, poet, writer, journalist, songwriter, wrote for the Morning Chronicle, Illustrated London News, wrote book 'Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds', 1841, wrote popular song 'Cheer, Boys, Cheer' 1814 Event - Stendahl's 1st book is published 1812 Birthday - Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, Complete Nonsense Book 1809 Event - 1st U.S. geology book published by William Maclure 1808 Birthday - Martha Finley, children's book author 1803 Birthday - Gugliemo Libri, della Somaia, Italian/French mathematician/book collector 1802 Birthday - Letitia Elizabeth Landon, England, poet, Heath's Book of Beauty 1802 Event - 1st comic book "The Wasp," is published 1798 Death - Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life, dies at age 73 1790 Event - 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book" 1785 Birthday - Bettina von Arnim, German writer, This Book Belongs to the King 1784 Death - Simon Fokke, book illustrator, dies at 71 1780 Birthday - Pierr-Jean Beranger, born in Paris, France, songwriter, writer, book of memoirs, 'Ma biographie', published in 1858 1780 Birthday - William Hone, England, author/bookseller, Every-Day Book 1776 Birthday - Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer, designed civil code law book 1753 Death - Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies 1744 Birthday - Amos Bull, composer, wrote book of hymns 'The Responsary', used in New England churches 1725 Birthday - Giacomo Casanova, writer, author, adventurer, book, 'Histoire de ma vie', or, 'History of My Life', profiles customs of 18th century European social life 1712 Birthday - Simon Fokke, Dutch book illustrator 1708 Death - Simon de Vries, book seller/writer (Unequal), dies 1702 Death - Peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41 1680 Death - Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 54 1662 Event - Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer 1661 Death - John Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 39 1660 Birthday - Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building 1652 Death - Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69 1652 Death - Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60 1651 Death - Isaac Elsevier, book publisher, dies at 55 1640 Death - Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75 1626 Birthday - Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher 1596 Birthday - Isaac Elsevier, book publisher 1592 Birthday - Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher 1589 Death - Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies 1587 Death - John Foxe, author (Book of Martyrs), dies 1580 Event - Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published 1568 Death - Johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61 1561 Death - Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies 1552 Event - 2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes manditory in England 1549 Event - Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England 1539 Birthday - Franciscus Raphelengius, Dutch book publisher 1536 Death - Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight - on Index), dies 1517 Death - John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37 1507 Birthday - Johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher, Koran 1498 Death - Vespasiano da' Bisticci, Italian book seller/writer, dies at about 77 1492 Event - "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) 1st printed 1477 Event - 1st English printed book "Dictes and Sayengis of the Phylosophers" 1457 Event - Earliest dated book, "Mainz Psalter," completed 1457 Event - Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) 1457 Event - Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book 1455 Event - Johannes Gutenberg prints 1st book, Bible (estimated date) 1452 Event - 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible 967 Death - Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies 820 Death - Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies |
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