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 * 1799 - Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer died
 * 1872 - Aleksis Kivi, Finnish author died
 * 1889 - Ion Creangă, Romanian writer died
 * 1931 - Bob Shaw, Irish writer born
 * 1933 - Edward Bunker, American author born
 * 1945 - Connie Willis, American writer born
 * 1949 - Susan Shwartz, American writer born
 * 1980 - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian writer died
 * 1995 - The last strip of the popular comic Calvin and Hobbes is published.
 * 2008 - Donald E. Westlake, American novelist died