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Born this day (June 22) in 1906, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of Charles Lindbergh. She was the author of "Gift from the Sea," and an aviator in her own right. And, she bears a stark resemblance to Penelope Ann Miller, IMHO. https://t.co/6LpJKIkUCc

Born on this day (June 21) in 1905, Jean-Paul Sartre. He was awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature and refused it, saying that he always declined official honors and that “a writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution.” https://t.co/EJblJUSgS3

Born this day, (June 20) in 1910, Josephine Winslow Johnson was Pulitzer Prize-winning author. https://t.co/ds9oAEXs3O

Born this day (June 19) in 1856, Elbert Hubbard was an American writer and philosopher. On May 7, 1915, he and his second wife, Alice Moore Hubbard, died aboard the RMS Lusitania when it was sunk by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland. https://t.co/P6SYTRrDxm

Gail Godwin, born this day (July 18) in 1937. Godwin is an American novelist and short story writer. https://t.co/GGSdTL2zfb

Born this day (June 17) in 1867, Henry Lawson was one of Australia's best-known poets and short story writers. He died on September 2, 1922. https://t.co/t6eqN6awvZ

Joyce Carol Oates was born on this day (June 16) in 1938. She's been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction five times. https://t.co/D9UamkAsmS

Born this day in 1881, William McFee, an English writer known for his sea stories. https://t.co/qBKwoXXvgK

Born this day (June 14) in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe. Died, July 1, 1896. https://t.co/rMCp4ekYA4

Born this day in 1893, Dorothy L. Sayers. She is known as one of the ‘Queens of Crime’ along with Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, and Ngaio Marsh. She died on December 17, 1957. https://t.co/fr0FHgg6hM

Anne Frank was born this day (June 12) in 1929. https://t.co/mt0cdxQ4tN

Sir Terence Rattigan, born on June 10, 1911. https://t.co/wWOxJYUyTC

Happy birthday, Patricia Cornwell. Born June 9, 1956. https://t.co/glQHjcAVEj

Born this day, in 1903 . . . Marguerite Yourcenar https://t.co/U5P45WsrGJ

James A. Garfield quotes, Day 8. Only a few days to go. You're lucky he was only president for five months, or there'd be a whole heck of a lot more. https://t.co/JLrizbump1

Sometimes we don't have much of a choice. But, if you vote good people into office, you get good government. https://t.co/ZfT4EG4D6P

Another James A. Garfield quote. I believe this is day number 6. I've got several more, so buckle up. https://t.co/PPNL76xVsa