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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