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 * 1849 - William Ernest Henley, British poet and critic, born
 * 1869 - Edgar Lee Masters, American author, born
 * 1880 - Alexander Grin, Russian writer, born
 * 1884 - Will Cuppy, American humorist, born
 * 1924 - Ephraim Kishon, Israeli writer, born
 * 1943 - Nelson DeMille, American novelist, born
 * 1948 - Andrei Pleșu, Romanian writer and essayist, born
 * 1999 - James White, Northern Irish science fiction writer, died
 * 2001 - Peter Maas, American novelist, died