EServer: Today In History: February 9

We know of 6 events of note in literature and the arts that occurred on February 9:

African-American author Alice Walker was born on this day in 1944.
George Ade, American journalist, playwright, and humorist (Fables in Slang) was born on this day in 1866.
On this day in 1646, John Milton wrote a commemorative sonnet to Henry Lawes, who composed the music for Milton's masque Comus.
On this day in 1682. Thomas Otway's play Venice Preserved premiered in London.
On this day in 1893, Verdi's opera Falstaff premiered in Milan.
On this day in 1926, Ernest Hemingway delivered the manuscript of The Torrents of Spring, a satire of the style of Sherwood Anderson, to Boni & Liveright's, Anderson's and Hemingway's publisher, in New York. When they refused to publish it, he was free to take it to Max Perkins at Scribner's. It was a calculated plan by Perkins, Fiztgerald, and Hemingway to bring Hemingway to Scribner's.

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		We know of 6 events of note in literature and the arts that occurred on February 9: African-American author Alice Walker was born on this day in 1944. George Ade, American journalist, playwright, and humorist (Fables in Slang) was born on this day in 1866. On this day in 1646, John Milton wrote a commemorative sonnet to Henry Lawes, who composed the music for Milton's masque Comus. On this day in 1682. Thomas Otway's play Venice Preserved premiered in London. On this day in 1893, Verdi's opera Falstaff premiered in Milan. On this day in 1926, Ernest Hemingway delivered the manuscript of The Torrents of Spring, a satire of the style of Sherwood Anderson, to Boni & Liveright's, Anderson's and Hemingway's publisher, in New York. When they refused to publish it, he was free to take it to Max Perkins at Scribner's. It was a calculated plan by Perkins, Fiztgerald, and Hemingway to bring Hemingway to Scribner's.