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1989 "Tales From The Crypt," TV Anthology, debuts on HBO

1980 "Canterbury Tales" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 16 performances

1980 "Canterbury Tales" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 16 performances

1975 Wade Crosby, actor (Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood), dies at 70

1973 Dennis Price, actor (VIPs, Pulp, Canterbury Tales), dies at 58

1969 "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 122 performances

1969 "Canterbury Tales" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 122 performances

1949 Paloma Picasso, born in Paris, France, actress, Immoral Tales

1939 Arthur Rackham, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales), dies at 71

1931 Jack Ging, Alva, Oklahoma, actor, 11th Hour, Ripcord, Tales of Wells Fargo

1917 Virginia Christine, born in Stanton, Iowa, actress, Tales of Wells Fargo

1912 Andrew Long, Scottish author, Blue Book of Fairy Tales

1905 Frederic Dannay, of Ellery Queen and Barnaby Ross, Cat of Many Tales

1905 Wade Crosby, Iowa, actor, Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood

1889 Ion Creanga, Romanian (fairy tales) author, dies at 52

1885 Isak Dinesen, Danish writer, Out of Africa, 7 Gothic Tales

1882 Rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator, Canterbury Tales

1878 Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer, White Ship, Estonian Tales

1874 Elsa Beskow, Maartman, Swedish children's book/fairy tales author

1867 Arthur Rackham, England, artist/illustrator, Grimm's Fairy Tales

1858 Selma Lagerlof, Sweden, novelist, Tales of a Manor-Nobel 1909

1835 Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales

1819 Jacques Offenbach, born in Cologne, French composer, Tales of Hoffmann

1805 Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales

1792 Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller, Rhymes and Tales

1786 Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller, Grimm's Fairy Tales

1715 Christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet and novelist, Fables and Tales

1400 Geofrey Chaucer, author (Canterbury Tales), dies in London


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