1998 Death William Lambert, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter, dies at 78 1947 Birthday Jeff MacNelly, Puliter Prize-winning cartoonist, Shoe 1944 Birthday Christoph Hein, born in Bad Duben, Germany, writer, prize-winning author, translator, studied philosophy, wrote 1982 novella The Distant Lover 1931 Event Pulitzer Prize-winning musical play "Of Thee I Sing" opens on Bdwy 1913 Birthday Claude Simon, born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, writer, prize-winning author, 1985 Nobel Laureate in Literature, identified with the nouveau roman movement