The first episode of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" aired on the BBC on this day in 1978. (It was a radio serial first, then was later transformed into a book.)
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You can transfer it to contemporary U.S. shows.
The Pitt - "Doctor, is it his heart?" "I reckon."
TIL that today is the anniversary of the first time a Shakespeare play was performed in the U.S. "Richard III" was performed in Williamsburg, Virginia, on this day in 1750.
Born today - poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1807 ("The Song of Hiawatha," "Paul Revere's Ride") and John Steinbeck ("Grapes of Wrath," "Of Mice and Men") in 1902.
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Wilhelm Grimm of the Brothers Grimm was born on this day in 1786 in (what is now) Hesse, Germany.
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"For your penance, say four Hail Mercedes and five Our Ford-ers."
Toni Morrison, author of "Beloved" and recipient of the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom *and* the Pulitzer Prize, was born on this day in 1931.
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Judy Blume was born on this day in 1938.
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Oops, I missed one yesterday. Jules Verne was born on Feb 8, 1828. TIL he is the world's second-most translated author, the first being Agatha Christie.
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3 big book-related birthdays today! Sinclair Lewis was born on this day in 1885, Laura Ingalls Wilder in 1867, and that Charles Dickens guy in 1812.
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James Joyce was born on this day in 1882.
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"Around The World In 80 Days" by Jules Verne was first published on this day in France in 1873.
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The Evening Mirror published "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe on this day in 1845.
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*has sex with you in a way that both advances the plot and reinforces the themes of your narrative arc*
Edgar Allen Poe was born on this day in 1809.
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Peter Benchley's "Jaws" was published on this day in 1974. 🦈
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J.R.R. Tolkien (John Ronald Reuel) was born on this day in 1892.
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"Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus" by Mary Shelley was published anonymously on this day in 1818. Mary's name as the author wouldn't appear until the book was republished in 1823.
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Wilhelm and Jakob Grimm published the first version of their collection of fairy tales on this day in 1812.
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It's Arthur C Clarke's birthday! Born in 1917, Clarke gave us a whole whack of science fiction including, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Rendezvous With Rama, and Childhood's End.
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Shirley Jackson, creator of one of the all-time great short stories "The Lottery," (as well as over 200 other short stories and 6 novels) was born on this day in 1916.
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Marty McFries?
Tater Todd?
Russet Crowe?
Marilyn Mashroe?
Tater Swift?
"I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov was published on this day in 1950. 🤖
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3 big author birthdays today! Lucy Maud Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables), was born in 1874. Samuel Clemens a.k.a. Mark Twain 9The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) was born in 1835. And Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels) was born in 1667.
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"As You Pike It"?
"The Taming of the Shrimp"
"Romeo and Fillet"
Ummm...
"Trout Night"?
Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" was first published on this day in 1865. It would gain enough notice and praise to kick off his fiction-writing career.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky ("Crime and Punishment," "The House of the Dead") was sentenced to death on this day in 1849 for belonging to a radical, anti-government, intellectual group.
They put him in front of a firing squad before his sentence was commuted to 4 years hard labour in a prison camp.
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"Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson was published in novel form on this day in 1883. Apparently it was responsible for shaping a number of pirate archetypes like one-legged peg-leg pirates, parrots on shoulders, X marking a spot on a map, etc.
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"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad was published in its novella form on this day in 1902 (it was previously published in serialized form). 🛥️
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Fyodor Dostoevsky, author of "Crime and Punishment," "The Brother Karamazov," "Notes From the Underground," and more was born on this day in 1821.
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