FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde, American poet, essayist, memoirist, and activist (born 1934)

Bal Thackeray

Bal Thackeray, Indian cartoonist and politician (born 1926)

Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (born 1840)

Esther Rolle

Esther Rolle, American actress (born 1920)

Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing, British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919)

Gregory Thaumaturgus

Christian feast days: Gregory Thaumaturgus

Gennadius of Constantinople

Christian feast days: Gennadius of Constantinople (Greek Orthodox Church)

Acisclus

Christian feast days: Acisclus

Aignan of Orleans

Christian feast days: Aignan of Orleans

Hugh of Lincoln

Christian feast days: Hugh of Lincoln

November 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast days: November 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

International Students' Day

Martyrs' Day (India)

Martyrs' Day (Odisha, India)

Public holidays in the Marshall Islands

Presidents Day (Marshall Islands)

World Prematurity Day

Audre Lorde

Audre Lorde, American poet, essayist, memoirist, and activist (born 1934)