English-American poet, playwright, and composer (died 1973)

W. H. Auden

Wystan Hugh Auden was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content. Some of his best known poems are about love, such as "Funeral Blues"; on political and social themes, such as "September 1, 1939" and "The Shield of Achilles"; on cultural and psychological themes, such as The Age of Anxiety; and on religious themes, such as "For the Time Being" and "Horae Canonicae".

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1907

February 21

Died

1973

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1245 Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
1440 The Prussian Confederation is formed.
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april 17 The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
august 1 The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
august 15 Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
august 17 Pike Place Market, one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opens in Seattle, Washington.

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Alberto Moravia 1907–1990 Italian journalist and author (died 1990) Altiero Spinelli 1907– Italian theorist and politician (died 1986) Astrid Lindgren 1907–2002 Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1907) Bhagat Singh 1907–1931 Indian activist (born 1907) Duarte Nuno 1907– Duke of Braganza (died 1976) Frida Kahlo 1907–1954 Mexican painter and educator (born 1907) Hergé 1907–1983 Belgian author and illustrator (born 1907) Jimmie Foxx 1907–1967 American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1907) John Wayne 1907–1979 American actor, director, and producer (born 1907)

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