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2002 George Alec Effinger, writer, ", Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson: The Complete Stories, ", dies at 55

1991 Martin Rosenblatt, actor (Splitz, Annie Hall, New York Stories), dies at 74

1985 "Amazing Stories," by Steven Spielberg, debuts on NBC-TV

1977 New York City fines George Willig 1 cents for each of 110 stories he climbed

1974 Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in New York City (110 stories)

1966 Stephen Baldwin, actor, Beast, Lawrenceville Stories, Usual Suspects

1963 Andy Cousin, rocker, All About Eve-All About Scarlet and Other Stories

1952 Kenny Aaronson, born in New York City, New York, rocker, bass guitar player, played for Dust, Stories, Hall & Oates, toured with Billy Squier, Joan Jett, Billy Idol

1945 Clarissa Pinkola Estes, born in Indiana, writer, psychologist, certified Jungian psychoanalyst, poet, author, wrote bestseller, 'Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype'

1944 Claudia Dreifus, interviewer/author, 7 Stories

1942 Giancarlo Giannini, born in Spezia, Italy,actor, New York Stories, Sensual Man

1930 Cleveland's Terminal Tower opens (52 stories)

1928 Cynthia Ozick, U.S., author, Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories

1927 Martin Walser, born in Wasserburg am Bodensee, Germany, writer, 1998 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade winner, known for 'Runaway Horse', famous for describing conflicts his anti-heroes have in stories and novels

1884 Construction begins on Chicago 1st skyscraper (10 stories)

1878 Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer, Black Dogs and Other Stories

1876 Hans Bethge, born in Dessau, Germany, writer, short stories, essays, plays, poetry on love, nature, works include, 'Agyptische Reise' 'Egyptian Journey'

1865 Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer/journalist, Remarkable Stories

1848 Joel Chandler Harris, U.S. journalist, created Uncle Remus stories

1818 Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56

1818 Zacharias Topelius, Finnish historical novelist, Surgeon's Stories


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