EServer: Today In History: July 3

We know of 5 events of note in literature and the arts that occurred on July 3:

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the author of the classic "A Jury of Her Peers," was born on this day in 1860.
On this day in 1851, English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray delivered his last lecture on the English humorists to a London audience.
On this day in 1908, Southern writer Joel Chandler Harris died in Atlanta.
Playwright Tom Stoppard, who wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Amadeus, was born on this day in 1937.
The Scottish architect Robert Adam, famous for developing the Adam style of neoclassical urban housing in London, was born on this day in 1728. The Adelphi houses in London, destroyed mainly in the Blitz, were the best of the style.

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		We know of 5 events of note in literature and the arts that occurred on July 3: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the author of the classic "A Jury of Her Peers," was born on this day in 1860. On this day in 1851, English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray delivered his last lecture on the English humorists to a London audience. On this day in 1908, Southern writer Joel Chandler Harris died in Atlanta. Playwright Tom Stoppard, who wrote Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and Amadeus, was born on this day in 1937. The Scottish architect Robert Adam, famous for developing the Adam style of neoclassical urban housing in London, was born on this day in 1728. The Adelphi houses in London, destroyed mainly in the Blitz, were the best of the style.