1975 Death Charles Weidman, U.S. dancer and choreographer (Fables for Our Time), dies 1916 Birthday Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author, Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables 1866 Birthday George Ade, U.S., journalist/playwright/humorist, Fables in Slang 1753 Birthday Thomas Bewick, England, artist, British Birds, Aesop's Fables 1715 Birthday Christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet and novelist, Fables and Tales 1695 Death Jean de la Fontaine, French poet (Fables), dies at 73 1621 Birthday Jean de la Fontaine, French poet, Fables
