Literary Landmarks: Flannery O'Connor Farm  In late 1950 Flannery O’Connor began to exhibit symptoms of lupus, the disease that had killed her father. Her condition forced Flannery to return to her hometown, Milledgeville, Georgia. in 1951, but instead of returning to the family home in town, Flannery and her mother moved to the family farm, Andalusia, where Flannery lived and worked for thirteen years, until her death in 1964. . For more information click here: Flannery O'Connor Farm or click here for Books by Flannery O'Connor.

Today's Birthdays:

• Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951), German auto engineer
• Loren Corey Eiseley (1907-1977), American anthropologist, science writer, ecologist, poet
• Marguerite Higgins (1920-1966), American journalist and war correspondent (World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars), first woman to receive the Pulitzer for international reporting (1951)
• Eduardo Galeano (b. 1940), Uruguayan essayist, journalist, historian