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| | | | | |  Mary Renault by The Ovi Team
September 4th; Mary Renault, critically acclaimed author of historical novels about ancient civilizations, is born. Born Mary Challans (Renault was a pen name); she was the daughter of a London physician. At age 8, she decided to be a writer. At Oxford, s | | | |  Malcolm Gladwell by The Ovi Team
September 3rd 1963 Malcolm Gladwell, author of such non-fiction best-sellers as "The Tipping Point," "Blink" and "Outliers," is born in Fareham, Hampshire, England. Known for taking a counterintuitive look... | | | |  Robert Pirsig by The Ovi Team
Robert Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), is born September 1st 1928 in Minneapolis. Pirsig, the son of a Minnesota law professor, rose rapidly to fame with his novel... | |
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| | |  The Threepenny Opera premieres by The Ovi Team
August 31st 1928; Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) receives its world premiere in Berlin on August 31, 1928. "I think I've written a good piece and that several numbers in it, at least musically... | | | |  Charles Bronson by The Ovi Team
August 30th; on this day in 2003, the actor Charles Bronson, best known for his tough-guy roles in such films as The Dirty Dozen and the Death Wish franchise, dies at the age of 81 in Los Angeles. | | | |  Ingrid Bergman dies on her birthday by The Ovi Team
On august 29th 1982, the Swedish-born actress and three-time Academy Award winner Ingrid Bergman dies of cancer in London on her 67th birthday. Bergman, who was best known for her role as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca... | | | |  Henry James back to U.S. by The Ovi Team
August 29th 1904; Henry James returns to the U.S. for a visit after living abroad for two decades. James was born to a wealthy and eccentric philosopher father in 1843 in New York, N.Y. | | | |  Robertson Davies by The Ovi Team
August 28th; Canadian author Robertson Davies is born on this day in the town of Thamesville in Ontario, Canada. Davies was the son of a publisher and politician who owned the Canadian newspaper the Peterborough Examiner. | | | |  Roman Holiday by The Ovi Team
August 27th; on this day in 1953, Roman Holiday, featuring Audrey Hepburn in her first starring movie role, premieres in New York City. Hepburn's performance in Roman Holiday, as a European princess... | | | |  Beatles' manager Epstein dies by The Ovi Team
Aug 27th 1967; Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles, was found dead of an accidental drug overdose in his Sussex, England, home. The following day, the headline in the London Daily Mirror read... | | | prev | | next | | |
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