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1982 John Cheever, U.S. writer (Wapshot Chronicle, Pulitzer), dies at 70

1975 Ivo Andric, writer, novelist, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote 'Bosnian Chronicle', 'The Bridge on the Drina', dies in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, at age 82

1960 In Britain, News Chronicle and Daily Mail merge, and London Evening Star merges with Evening News

1949 Robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70

1939 Lawrence Pressman, born in Kentucky, actor, Man From Atlantis, Hellstrom Chronicle

1938 Herb Caen's 1st column in San Francisco Chronicle

1933 Jean-Marie Straub, France, director, Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach

1916 Herb Caen, born in Sacramento, California, columnist, SF Chronicle

1912 John Cheever, writer, Wapshot Chronicle

1912 Barend Roest Crollius, painter/writer, Chronicle Sins of Youth

1907 Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58

1892 Ivo Andric, born in Dolac, Bosnia, writer, novelist, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote 'Bosnian Chronicle', 'The Bridge on the Drina'

1889 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

1865 British newspaper "Morning Chronicle" begins publishing

1865 SF Dramatic Chronicle started

1848 Pieter Louis Tak, literary, The Chronicle

1814 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'


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