TODAY IN HISTORY - On this day in history
Who was born today? whose birthday is today. Whose death anniversary today?
Births on this day in history
- 1953 - Franz Wright - Austrian-American poet and translator (d. 2015)
- 1904 - Srečko Kosovel - Slovenian poet and author (d. 1926)
- 1893 - Wilfred Owen - English soldier and poet (d. 1918)
- 1842 - Stéphane Mallarmé - French poet and critic (d. 1898)
- 1840 - William Cosmo Monkhouse - English poet and critic (d. 1901)
- 1813 - Christian Friedrich Hebbel - German poet and playwright (d. 1864)
- 1789 - Charlotte Elliott - English poet
- 1590 - Manuel de Faria e Sousa - Portuguese historian and poet (d. 1649)
Deaths on this day in history
- 1996 - Odysseas Elytis - Greek poet and critic
- 1973 - Johannes Aavik - Estonian philologist and poet (b. 1880)