1989 Event "Tales From The Crypt," TV Anthology, debuts on HBO 1980 Event "Canterbury Tales" closes at Rialto Theater New York City after 16 performances 1980 Event "Canterbury Tales" opens at Rialto Theater New York City for 16 performances 1975 Death Wade Crosby, actor (Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood), dies at 70 1973 Death Dennis Price, actor (VIPs, Pulp, Canterbury Tales), dies at 58 1969 Event "Canterbury Tales" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 122 performances 1969 Event "Canterbury Tales" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 122 performances 1949 Birthday Paloma Picasso, born in Paris, France, actress, Immoral Tales 1939 Death Arthur Rackham, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales), dies at 71 1931 Birthday Jack Ging, Alva, Oklahoma, actor, 11th Hour, Ripcord, Tales of Wells Fargo 1917 Birthday Virginia Christine, born in Stanton, Iowa, actress, Tales of Wells Fargo 1912 Birthday Andrew Long, Scottish author, Blue Book of Fairy Tales 1905 Birthday Frederic Dannay, of Ellery Queen and Barnaby Ross, Cat of Many Tales 1905 Birthday Wade Crosby, Iowa, actor, Sign of Wolf, Tales of Robin Hood 1889 Death Ion Creanga, Romanian (fairy tales) author, dies at 52 1885 Birthday Isak Dinesen, Danish writer, Out of Africa, 7 Gothic Tales 1882 Birthday Rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator, Canterbury Tales 1878 Birthday Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer, White Ship, Estonian Tales 1874 Birthday Elsa Beskow, Maartman, Swedish children's book/fairy tales author 1867 Birthday Arthur Rackham, England, artist/illustrator, Grimm's Fairy Tales 1858 Birthday Selma Lagerlof, Sweden, novelist, Tales of a Manor-Nobel 1909 1835 Event Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales 1819 Birthday Jacques Offenbach, born in Cologne, French composer, Tales of Hoffmann 1805 Birthday Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark, author of 150 fairy tales 1792 Birthday Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller, Rhymes and Tales 1786 Birthday Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller, Grimm's Fairy Tales 1715 Birthday Christian F Gellert, Saxony, poet and novelist, Fables and Tales 1400 Death Geofrey Chaucer, author (Canterbury Tales), dies in London
