On this day:
1937: JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit is published for the first time
1964: Malta gains its independence from the UK
Born on this day:
1866: H. G. Wells, English author
1947: Stephen King, American author
Gone on this day:
1860: Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher
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