American author and screenwriter

Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor, and publisher. His 2000 memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, became a bestseller and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Eggers is also the founder of several literary and philanthropic ventures, including the literary journal Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, the literacy project 826 Valencia, and the human rights non-profit organisation Voice of Witness. Additionally, he founded ScholarMatch, a program that connects donors with students needing funds for college tuition.

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1970

March 12

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1970 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

538 Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths, ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.
1088 Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Catholic Church. He is best known for initiating the Crusades.
1158 German city Munich (München) is first mentioned as forum apud Munichen in the Augsburg arbitration by Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I.
1391 Konrad von Wallenrode is elected the 24th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (date is O.S.).

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The world in 1970

When Dave arrived

april 1 President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.
april 1 A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Berrechid, Morocco, killing 61.
april 10 Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
april 11 Apollo Program: Apollo 13 is launched.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on March 12

Chris Sanders 1962– American illustrator and voice actor Dale Murphy 1956– American baseball player George Berkeley 1685–1753 Anglo-Irish philosopher and author (born 1685) John Aubrey 1626– English historian and philosopher (died 1697) Mary Karadja 1868–1943 Swedish writer, spiritualist and princess (died 1943) Pádraig Faulkner 1918–2012 Irish educator and politician, 19th Irish Minister of Defence (born 1918) Steve Finley 1965– American baseball player Thomas Arne 1710–1778 English composer (died 1778) Tian Han 1898– Chinese playwright (died 1968)

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Adam Pascal 1970– American actor and singer Barry Pepper 1970– Canadian actor and producer Chorão 1970–2013 Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2013) Dawn Staley 1970– American basketball player Desmond Howard 1970– American football player and sportscaster Dominic Purcell 1970– English-Australian actor and producer Edoardo Ballerini 1970– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Emmanuel Petit 1970– French footballer Erik Zabel 1970– German cyclist and coach

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