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1989 Year of the Young Reader begins
1988 Year of the Reader begins 1981 Dewitt Wallace, U.S. founder (Reader's Digest), dies at 91 1977 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 James [Benjamin] Blish, sci-fi author (Star Trek Reader), dies at 54 1959 Eddi Reader, rocker, Fairground Attraction-Find My Love 1928 "My Weekly Reader" magazine made its debut 1928 Gordon Downey, British Comptroller General/Reader Rep, Independent 1925 Fons Jansen, news reader/Dutch cabaretier, court jester of beliefs 1922 Reader's Digest magazine 1st published 1921 James [Benjamin] Blish, US/UK, sci-fi author, Hugo, Star Trek Reader 1915 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 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist, Female Reader |
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