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On this day,

In 1784, the death of Samuel Johnson, English diarist, poet and critic

While in 1906 was born Sir Laurens van der Post, South African novelist, travel writer and conservationist, writing such as, “The Hunter and the Whale and The Lost World of the Kalahari.”

On this day,

In 1830, the wonderful, prolific American poet, Emily Dickinson who had only seven poems published during her lifetime.

On this day,

Born in 1608, John Milton, poet and author of, “Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained.”

In 1964, English poet Dame Edith Sitwell died aged 77, a leading light of the 1920s avant-garde.

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In 1980, John Lennon, singer, songwriter and poet, former member of the Beatles is shot and killed whilst walking with his wife to their New York apartment.

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In 1993, death of Anthony Burgess, best known for, “A Clockwork Orange, “ subsequently turned into a controversial film.

On this day,

Was born in 1849, Frances Hodgson Burnett, English author of such as, “Little Lord Fauntleroy and The Secret Garden,”

also, in 1713, Irish novelist, Laurence Stern, best known for, “Tristram Shandy.”