1989 Event Year of the Young Reader begins 1988 Event Year of the Reader begins 1981 Death Dewitt Wallace, U.S. founder (Reader's Digest), dies at 91 1977 Death William E. Vaughan, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms, died age 61 from lung cancer 1975 Death James [Benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54 1959 Birthday Eddi Reader, rocker, Fairground Attraction-Find My Love 1928 Event "My Weekly Reader" magazine made its debut 1928 Birthday Gordon Downey, British Comptroller General/Reader Rep, Independent 1925 Birthday Fons Jansen, news reader/Dutch cabaretier, court jester of beliefs 1922 Event Reader's Digest magazine 1st published 1921 Birthday James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Star Trek Reader 1915 Birthday William E. Vaughan, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms 1759 Birthday Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist, Female Reader
