1987 Death Verree Teasdale, actress (Skyscraper Souls), dies 1968 Death William E B Dubois, U.S. founder NAACP (Souls of black people), dies 1960 Death Gregory Ratoff, actor (Skyscraper Souls), dies of leukemia at 63 1928 Birthday Elie Wiesel, Romania, author, Souls on Fire, Nazi hunter, Nobel 1986 1900 Birthday Norman Foster, born in Richmond, Indiana, actor, Skyscraper Souls 1896 Birthday Agnes Ayres, Hinkle, U.S., actress, Sheik, Souls at Sea 1868 Birthday W. E. B. Du Bois, born in Massachusetts, civil rights writer, Souls of Black Folk 1809 Birthday Nikolai Gogol, father of 19th-century Russian realism, Dead Souls 1776 Event Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls" 1776 Event Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls"
