Literary
Landmarks: Flannery O'Connor House
The Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home in Savannah reopened in October
after extensive renovations.The two main floors of the home have
been closely restored to the time that the O'Connor family lived
here, from 1925-1938. The Home houses the Bruckheimer Library, a
collection of books that were or might have been owned by the
O'Connor family.
For more information click here:
Flannery
O'Connor House or here for
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Today's Birthdays:
- Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749-1838), Italian poet, librettist including three Mozart operas (The Marriage of Figaro 1786, Don Giovanni 1787, and Cosė fan tutte 1790), pioneer in spreading Italian culture in U.S., professor of Italian at Columbia University
- Samuel Ferguson (1810-1886), Northern Irish poet, artist (Congal, Ogham Inscriptions in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland)
- Kate Wilson Sheppard (1847-1934), New Zealand suffragist
- Gilbert "Broncho Billy" Anderson (b. Max H. Aronson 1880-1971), American actor, writer, director, producer, first cowboy star of Western film genre (The Great Train Robbery, 1903)
- Osama bin Laden (b. 1957), Saudi-born Islamic extremist
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Works by and about Da Ponte,
Irish Literature,
Women's Suffrage,
New Zealand History,
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Vintage Westerns,
Books about Terrorism and
Osama bin Laden
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