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• 1397 - Geoffrey Chaucer tells the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as when the book's pilgrimage to Canterbury starts.
• 1586 - John Ford, English dramatist born
• 1863 - Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet born
• 1885 - Isak Dinesen, Danish author born
• 1897 - Thornton Wilder, American dramatist born
• 1928 - Cynthia Ozick, American writer born
• 1957 - Nick Hornby, English author born
• 1996 - Piet Hein, Danish scientist and poet died
• 2004 - Edmond Pidoux, Swiss writer died
• 2014 - Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian novelist died