J K Rowling was born on this day.
21 July 1965

J K Rowling was born on this day.
21 July 1965

Nelson Mandela was born on this day
18th July 1918

Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell.

Harriet Beecher Stowe: (June 14, 1811- July 1, 1896)
Stowe was an abolitionist and the author of the novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Upon meeting her, Abraham Lincoln allegedly remarked, “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.”

W.B. Yeats: (June 13, 1865- January 28, 1939)
Poet and playwright William Butler Yeats was the first Irishman to win the Nobel Prize in literature. A few of his more famous works include The Tower and Deirdre.


Walter “Walt” Whitman May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892.

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (May 31, 1898 – December 24, 1993)

Jodi Picoult was born on this day.
19 May 1966

Born 11th February, 1917 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Sidney Schechtel.
Died 30th January, 2007 Rancho Mirage, California. U.S.
