American author

Will Clarke

Will Clarke is an American novelist who is the author of Lord Vishnu's Love Handles: A Spy Novel , The Worthy: A Ghost's Story,The Neon Palm of Madame Melançon and Marigold: The Secret to Manifestation. A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Clarke originally self-published his first two books via the Internet and independent books stores like Book Soup in Los Angeles, BookPeople in Austin, and Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle. Clarke's books eventually became underground hits in the early part of the 2000s. He later republished the books in hardback with Simon & Schuster and sold the movie rights to Hollywood.

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1970

August 13

Died

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1970 Born

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-29 Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
523 John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
554 Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy.
582 Maurice becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

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The world in 1970

When Will 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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Alfred Hitchcock 1899–1980 English-American director and producer (born 1899) Charles Seymour 1662–1748 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1748) Dave Carter 1952–2002 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002) Fidel Castro 1926–2016 Cuban lawyer and politician, ex-President of Cuba (died 2016) Jason McCourty 1987– American football player Johnny Gaudreau 1993–2024 American ice hockey player (died 2024) Louis François 1717–1711 Prince of Conti (died 1776) Sridevi 1963–2018 Indian actress (died 2018) Suzanne Muldowney 1952– American performance artist

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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) Dave Eggers 1970– American author and screenwriter 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

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