American novelist and short story writer

Daniel Scott

Daniel Scott is an American novelist and short story writer best known for his discussions of marginalized characters of American society. He has also been cited as an "almost post-gay" writer in that he sometimes employs gay characters whose sexuality is not necessarily a driving force of the story. Scott has been the recipient of awards from various organizations including the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, the New York Foundation for the Arts and the MacDowell Colony. Born November 17, 1963, in Milton, Massachusetts, he currently lives in New York City.

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1963

November 17

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887 Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt, leading his nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia, to declare himself king of the East Frankish Kingdom in late November.
1183 Genpei War: The Battle of Mizushima takes place off the Japanese coast, where Minamoto no Yoshinaka's invasion force is intercepted and defeated by the Taira clan.
1292 John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
1405 Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of Sulu.

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The world in 1963

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april 10 One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
april 11 Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
april 12 The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.[citation needed]
april 16 U.S. civil rights campaigner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. writes his open letter from Birmingham Jail, sometimes known as "The Negro Is Your Brother", while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama, for protesting against segregation.

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Angelika Machinek 1956–2006 German glider pilot (died 2006) East Bay Ray 1948– American guitarist Kimya Dawson 1972– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Lee Strasberg 1901–1982 American actor and director (born 1901) Lev Vygotsky 1896–1934 Belarusian-Russian psychologist and theorist (born 1896) Nguyễn Tấn Dũng 1949– Vietnamese soldier and politician, eighth Prime Minister of Vietnam Sarah Harding 1981–2021 English singer, dancer, and actress (died 2021) Sophie Marceau 1966– French actress, director, and screenwriter Walter Terence Stace 1886–1967 English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (born 1886)

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Alberto Nisman 1963–2015 Argentinian lawyer (died 2015) Alec Stewart 1963– English cricketer Andrea Leadsom 1963– English politician Anne-Sophie Mutter 1963– German violinist Arthur Adams 1963– American comic book artist and writer Brian Greene 1963– American physicist Brian Robbins 1963– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Chip Kelly 1963– American football player and coach Conan O'Brien 1963– American television host, comedian, and writer

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