As promised, on the 23rd
of every month I will post a list of literary author birthdays. I came across
the list on Book Lover Gifts website. Feel
free to add your favorite authors special day. Put it in the comments section,
just wait for their birth month.
- 13 June 1865 – William Butler
Yeats, author of The Second Coming - 11 June 1572 – Ben Jonson,
author of The Alchemist - 14 June 1811 – Harriet
Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin - 26 June 1892 – Pearl S. Buck,
author of The Good Earth
June Facts:
- It is the first month of the
summer season. - June is known as a great
month to get married. - June has the distinction of
the longest day of the year June 21st or 22nd. - There were only 29 days in
June on the early Roman calendar until Julius Caesar adding a day giving June
30 days. - Folklore: If June be
sunny, the harvest comes early.
See you next month!
Sources:
http://projectbritain.com/year/march.htm
https://www.almanac.com/content/month-january-holidays-facts-folklore
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