2001 Event Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft becomes first vehicle to land on an asteroid (433 Eros) 1979 Death Herbert Marcuse, philosopher (Eros and Civilization), dies at 81 1979 Death Louis Paul Boon, Flemish writer (Eros and the Lonely Man), dies at 67 1963 Birthday Eros Ramazotti, Italian pop musician/songwriter, Adesso Te 1942 Birthday Michael D[iamond] Resnick, sci-fi author, Sideshow, Eros Ascending 1900 Birthday Jan [Johannes A A] Engelman, poet/translator/critic, Garden of Eros 1898 Birthday Herbert Marcuse, Berlin, communist philosopher, Eros and Civilization 1888 Birthday E Runar Schildt, Finnish writer, Segrande Eros 1884 Birthday Ludomir Rozycki, Polish composer and conductor, Meduza, Eros i Psyche 1874 Birthday Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet and writer, Eros Thanatos 1844 Birthday Robert S Bridges, England, poet laureate, Eros and Psyche 1840 Birthday Giovanni Verga, Italian writer, Eros
