20 November The literary calendar
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Thought for the day
O let us love our occupations, Bless the squire and his relations, Live upon our daily rations, And always know our proper stations.
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Published on this day
- 1928 Wasps' Nest by Agatha Christie
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- Thomas Chatterton: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Margaret Louisa Woods: not stated, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- John Harington: Circle of Hieronimo Custodis, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Sophia Frances Anne Caulfeild: unknown maybe Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne),, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Tom Hood: Frederick Waddy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized