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• 1674

  Robert Herrick – The exact date of Herrick's death is not known but he was buried on 15th October 1674. He was 83. [Dean Prior, Devonshire, United Kingdom]

• 1830

  Helen Hunt Jackson – On October the 15th, 1830 Helen Hunt Jackson is born in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States [Amherst, Massachusetts, United States]

• 1844

  Friedrich Nietzsche – On October the 15th 1844, Friedrich Nietzsche is born in Röcken [Röcken, Saxony, Germany]

• 1913

  Beatrix Potter – On the 15th of October 1913 Potter marries William Heelis [London, United Kingdom]

• 1919

  Marcus Garvey – On the 15th of October 1919 George Tyler commits suicide whilst in jail [New York, United States]

• 1923

  John Drinkwater – In 1923 Drinkwater\'s wife Kathleen Walpole sues for divorce [London, United Kingdom]

• 1953

  Dylan Thomas – Thomas sent the finished copy of Under Milk Wood to Douglas Cleverdon. He then went to New York. [Laugharne, Wales, United Kingdom]

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Anne Carson Wins Nobel / T. S. Eliot Prize Shortlist – Poetry News Roundup October 9th

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