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August 16th, 1931...

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TIME Magazine: Paul W. Litchfield

(TIME Cover: August the 10th, 1931)

 Famous people born on the 16th of August:

1378 - Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)
1892 - Otto Messmer, American cartoonist (d. 1983)
1895 - Albert Cohen, Swiss novelist (d. 198
1913 - Menachem Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1992)
1920 - Charles Bukowski, American poet (d. 1994)
1957 - Tim Farriss, Australian musician (INXS)
1958 - Madonna, American singer and actress
1980 - Robert Hardy, English bassist (Franz Ferdinand)

 The Nobel Prize in Literature 1931


Erik Axel Karlfeldt
1864-1931

The poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt

Sweden



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