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Anne Rice's debut novel 'Interview with a Vampire' is published

"Interview with a Vampire" is a gothic horror and vampire novel by American author Anne Rice. Based on a short story she had written, her debut novel centers around vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac who tells his life story to a reporter. Upon its release, "Interview with a Vampire" received mixed reviews from critics.

Norman Mailer wins the Pulitzer Prize

Norman Kingsley Mailer was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film-maker, actor, and liberal political activist. His work, "Armies of the Night", won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction and the National Book Award.

'Damn Yankees' opens at 46th St Theater NYC

Damn Yankees is a musical comedy written by George Abbott and base on a book by Douglass Wallop. Music and lyrics were penned by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The show opened on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre, transferred to the Adelphi Theatre, and ran for a total of 1,019 performances.

Robert Penn Warren wins the Pulitzer Prize

Robert Penn Warren's novel, "All the King's Men", was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize. It is rated as the 36th greatest novel of the 20th century by Modern Library, and it was chosen as one of Time magazine's 100 best novels since 1923.

Carnegie Hall opens in New York

Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and one of the most prestigious concert halls in the world for both classical and popular music. Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, it officially opened with a concert conducted by maestro Walter Damrosch and great Russian composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Anniversaries of the (in)famous

born 1983

Henry Cavill

born 1818

Karl Marx

born 1989

Chris Brown