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 * 1554 - Philip Sidney, English courtier, soldier, and writer is born
 * 1667 - Jonathan Swift, Irish writer and satirist born
 * 1813 - Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet born
 * 1817 - Theodor Mommsen, German author born
 * 1835 - Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain), American writer born
 * 1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author born
 * 1900 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer died
 * 1907 - Jacques Barzun, French-born historian and author born
 * 1935 - Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese poet died
 * 1943 - Etty Hillesum, Dutch diarist died
 * 1947 - David Mamet, American playwright born
 * 1957 - Joël Champetier, French Canadian author born
 * 1967 - Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet died
 * 1987 - Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and writer died
 * 1997 - Kathy Acker, American author died
 * 2004 - Pierre Berton, Canadian author died