Literary Facts - February 17
1766: Thomas Malthus is born. (Explore: Thomas Robert Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population)
1836: Gustavo Adolfo Becquer is born. (Explore: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, The Rhymes)
1924: Margaret Truman is born. (Explore: First Ladies, Murder in the CIA, Margaret Truman)
1928: Robert Newton Peck is born. (Explore: A Day No Pigs Would Die, Dukes, Robert Newton Peck)
1929: Chaim Potok is born. (Explore: The Chosen, My Name Is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok)