On This Day Earliest of six known manuscripts of Robert Burns' song Auld Lang Syne & 1841 illustration of the poem 31 Dec 2024 31 December 1796: Auld Lang Syne Cheryl
Jane Austen, On This Day Persuasion by Jane Austen 20 Dec 2024 20 December 1817: Persuasion is published Cheryl
Jane Austen, On This Day Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 20 Dec 2024 20 December 1817: Northanger Abbey is published Cheryl
Jane Austen, On This Day Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 30 Oct 2024 30 October 1811: Sense and Sensibility is published Cheryl
On This Day Kenneth & Elspeth Grahame marry at St Finbar's church, Fowey 22 Jul 2024 22 July 1899: Kenneth Grahame marries Elspeth Thomson Cheryl
On This Day Thomas Hardy & Prince Edward 20 Jul 2024 20 July 1923: Edward, Prince of Wales, lunches with Thomas Hardy Cheryl
On This Day Theodor Geisel 16 Jul 2024 16 July 1927: Theodor Geisel publishes his first cartoon Susannah
On This Day Henry David Thoreau & replica of his cabin at Walden Pond 12 Jul 2024 12 July 1817: Henry David Thoreau is born Cheryl
On This Day The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 30 Jun 2024 10 December 1884: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is first published Cheryl
On This Day Jean-Jacques Rousseau & Discourse on Inequality, 1755 28 Jun 2024 28 June 1712: Jean-Jacques Rousseau is born Cheryl
On This Day Happy Birthday Song 27 Jun 2024 27 June 1893: Happy Birthday to You is published Susannah
On This Day Salman Rushdie & Midnight's Children 19 Jun 2024 19 June 1947: Salman Rushdie is born Cheryl
