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2005 6th Harry Potter book by J. K. Rowling is released: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2004 Syd Hoff, cartoonist/children's book illustrator, The New Yorker, dies at 91

2000 Joe Mayhew, cartoonist/reviewer, Washington Post Book World, dies at 57

1998 Henny Youngman, comedian, ", Take My Wife, Please!: Henny Youngman's Giant Book of Jokes, ", dies at 91

1997 Millie, dog of President Bush (Millie's Book), dies at 12

1996 Howard Stern's book "Miss America" released in paperback

1996 Jerry Siegel, comic book writer (Superman), dies at 81

1995 Howard Stern's 2nd book "Miss America" released (fastest selling ever)

1994 Richard M Major, U.S. anti-terror specialist (CIA Red Book), dies at 72

1994 Richard McClure Scarry, U.S. kid book illustrator/writer, dies at 74

1994 John Preston, U.S. writer (Gay House, Big Gay Book), dies at 48

1993 Howard Stern releases his 1st book "Private Parts"

1992 Madonna's book "Sex" goes on sale

1992 Mary Norton, children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88

1992 M F K Fisher, cook book author, dies of Parkinson Disease at 83

1992 Walt Morey, U.S. children's book writer (Gentle Ben), dies at 84

1991 James Marshall, U.S. children's book writer/illustrator, dies at 50

1991 Hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies

1991 Sylvia Porter, economist/author (Money Book), dies at 77

1991 Kitty Kelly publishes a book knocking Nancy Reagan

1990 "Millie's Book" written by 1st Lady Barbara Bush for president's dog is a best-selling non-fiction book

1990 Ben Rutgers Van de Loeff-Basenau, children's book writer, dies at 80

1990 Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74

1989 Iran drops diplomatic relations with Britain over Rushdie's book

1987 John Qualen, actor (Patch of Blue, Jungle Book), dies

1986 Jorge Luis Borges, Arg author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86

1980 Amer Book Award: William Styron (Sophie Choice)/T Wolfe (Right Stuff)

1979 Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc

1979 Iran press censors start massive book burnings

1977 HA Rey, author of popular constellation book, dies at 78

1977 Marvel Comics publish "Kiss book" tributing rock group Kiss

1977 Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Monus), dies at 70

1975 Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records keeper, murdered

1975 Joseph Calleia, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda), dies at 78

1975 Frank Puglia actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book), dies at 83

1974 Amy Vanderbilt, U.S. author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66

1973 Alexandre A M Stols, publisher/typographer (Schoone Book), dies at 73

1972 International Book Year begins

1969 USAF closes Project Blue Book, concluding no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind thousands of UFO sightings

1968 Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis

1968 Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandad took out in 1823

1967 Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released

1967 Arthur Mitchell Ransome, critic/children's book author, dies

1965 John Lennon's 2nd book "A Spaniard in the Works" is published

1964 Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93

1963 Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39

1963 Beatles Book is sold out on its 1st day of sale

1962 "You Can't Judge A Book By Cover" by Bo Diddley peaks at #48

1959 Postmaster General bans D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover (overruled by U.S. Court of Appeals in Mar 1960)

1957 Yugoslavia bans Milovan Djilas' book "new class marine officers"

1955 Guinness Book of World Records 1st published

1953 Elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish author (children's book), dies at 79

1953 Eisenhower condemns McCarthy's book burning proposal

1950 Charles Koechlin, French composer (Jungle Book), dies at 83

1950 1st annual National Book Awards

1947 Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61

1947 "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000

1946 Dr. Ben Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" published

1945 Dieter Meier, Swiss singer and children book writer, Yello

1943 R L Stine, children's book writer, Goosebumps

1943 Ian Watson, born in UK, sci-fi author, Book of Being, Whores of Babylon

1942 "Archie" comic book debuts

1942 Archie Andrews, comic book character, Archie

1941 Paul Theroux, American travel book writer, Mosquito Coast

1941 "Captain America" appears in a comic book

1939 Jane Bryant Quinn, newscaster/financial writer, Everyone's Money Book

1938 Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded

1936 Abbie Hoffman, aka Free, Yippie/activist/author, Steal this Book

1935 Lewis Arquette, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Horror Show, Book of Love

1935 Fernando A N Pessoa, Portuguese poet (Book of Disquiet), dies at 47

1935 1st Penguin book is published, starting the paperback revolution

1934 Harry Blackstone, Jr., magician, Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion

1933 Gerald Masters, South African/British author, Pan Book of Dates

1933 Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany

1932 Rene de Clerq, Flemish poet and writer (Book of Love), dies

1931 Colin Wilson, author, Afterlife, Book of Great Mysteries

1930 Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book

1930 Tonke Dragt, Dutch children book author, Towers of February

1930 Fred[erick Thomas] Saberhagen, U.S., sci-fi author, Book of Swords

1928 Anthony Blond, British publisher, The Publishing Game, Book Book

1927 Galway Kinnell, born in Providence, Rhode Island, author, Body Rags, Book of Nightmares

1926 Alan Alexander Milne's book "Winnie-the-Pooh" released

1926 Book of the Month Club sends out its 1st selections "Lolly Willowes" and "Loving Huntsman" by Sylvia Townsend Warner

1925 Norris McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records

1925 Ross McWhirter, author, Guinness Book of World Records

1925 Russell Hoban, U.S. children's book author, Riddley Walker/Pilgermann

1924 Robert Parris, Philadelphia, composer, Book of Imaginery Beings

1924 1st crossword puzzle book published (Simon and Schuster)

1924 Simon Abramsz, Dutch writer (Artist book), dies at 56

1923 Roy Lichtenstein, New York City, Pop art painter, painted comic book panels

1919 1st observance of National Book Week

1915 Franklin K Mathiews, presents idea of "Book Week"

1915 Alan Watts, Kent England, writer, Book on the Taboo

1914 Jerry Siegel, comic book writer, Superman

1913 Sylvia Porter, financial writer, Sylvia Porter's Money Book

1912 Andrew Long, Scottish author, Blue Book of Fairy Tales

1911 Christina Foyle, book seller

1910 Donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer and actor, Battle of the Sexes

1910 An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer, Skating Race

1909 Hotze de Roos, Dutch youth book author, Chameleon

1908 Amy Vanderbilt, authority on etiquette, Complete Book of Etiquette

1908 Jacques [Izaak] den Haan, Dutch writer, Dangerous Book

1907 Astrid Lindgren, Swedish children book author, Pipi Longstocking

1907 Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer, Man in the Moon

1903 Benjamin Spock, CT, pediatrician, Common Sense Book of Baby Care

1901 Kate Greenaway, English children book illustrater, dies at 55

1899 Jean de Brunhoff, France, children's book author, Babar the Elephant

1898 Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator, Orlando

1897 Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor, Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil

1895 Zoltan Korda, Hungarian/British director, Jungle Book, 4 Feathers

1894 Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book publisher (Van Dale), dies

1893 Mao Tse-tung, of little red book fame, PM of China PR, 1949-76

1892 Book matches are patented by Diamond Match Company

1892 Diamond Match Co patented book matches

1892 Frank Puglia, born in Sicily, Italy, actor, Black Orchid, Jungle Book

1889 Robert Browning, English poet (Ring and Book), dies at 77

1887 1st Esperanto book published

1880 Eelco Refer, linguistic (Oera Linda Book?), dies at 49

1879 Frederick G. Melcher, U.S., publisher/editor/founded children book week

1878 1st telephone book issued, 50 subscribers (New Harbor, Connecticut)

1874 Elsa Beskow, [Maartman], Swedish children's book/fairy tales author

1867 Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wisconsin, kid book author, Little House on Prarie

1865 Rudyard Kipling, Bombay, author, Jungle Book, Gunga Din-Nobel 1907

1863 Arthur Quiller-Couch, [Q], editor, Oxford Book of English Verse

1856 Cyrus Chambers, Jr. patents folding machine that folds book and newspapers

1849 Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of childrens book, My Secret Garden

1847 Charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" published

1846 Kate Greenaway, born in England, artist/book illustrator, Under the Window

1844 Andrew Lang, born in Scotland, author, The Blue Fairy Book

1837 John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84

1835 Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales

1828 Mihaly Fazekar, Hungarian botanist/literary (Book of Spices), dies

1826 Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book/publisher, Van Dale

1824 Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book

1814 Stendahl's 1st book is published

1812 Edward Lear, England, landscape painter, Complete Nonsense Book

1809 1st U.S. geology book published by William Maclure

1808 Martha Finley, children's book author

1803 Gugliemo Libri, [della Somaia], Ital/Fren mathematician/book collector

1802 Letitia Elizabeth Landon, England, poet, Heath's Book of Beauty

1802 1st comic book "The Wasp," is published

1790 1st book copyrighted under constitution, "Philadelphia Spelling Book"

1785 Bettina von Arnim, German writer, This Book Belongs to the King

1784 Simon Fokke, book illustrator, dies at 71

1780 William Hone, England, author/bookseller, Every-Day Book

1776 Joan M Kemper, Dutch lawyer, designed civil code law book

1753 Andre-Joseph Panckoucke, French book publisher/merchant, dies

1712 Simon Fokke, Dutch book illustrator

1708 Simon de Vries, book seller/writer (Unequal), dies

1702 Peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41

1680 Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 54

1662 Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer

1661 John Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 39

1660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building

1652 Bonaventura Elsevier, book publisher/merchant, dies at about 69

1652 Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher, dies at 60

1651 Isaac Elsevier, book publisher, dies at 55

1640 Matthijs Elsevier, Flemish/Dutch book publisher/merchant, dies at 75

1626 Daniel Elsevier, book publisher/publisher

1596 Isaac Elsevier, book publisher

1592 Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher

1589 Christophe Plantin, French/Belgian book publisher, dies

1587 John Foxe, author (Book of Martyrs), dies

1580 Book of Concord, standards of Lutheran Church, 1st published

1568 Johann Oporinus, Swiss book publisher/publisher, dies at 61

1561 Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies

1552 2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes manditory in England

1549 Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England

1539 Franciscus Raphelengius, Dutch book publisher

1536 Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight - on Index), dies

1517 John Murmelius, humanist/theory/school book writer, dies at about 37

1507 Johann Oporinus [Herbster], Swiss book publisher, Koran

1498 Vespasiano da' Bisticci, Italian book seller/writer, dies at about 77

1492 "Pentateuch" (Jewish holy book) 1st printed

1477 1st English printed book "Dictes and Sayengis of the Phylosophers"

1457 Earliest dated book, "Mainz Psalter," completed

1457 Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)

1457 Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book

1455 Johannes Gutenberg prints 1st book, Bible (estimated date)

1452 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible

967 Aboe al-Faradj al-Isfahani, Arabic author (Book of liederen), dies

820 Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i, islamic (Book of Mother), dies



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