Dr. Benjamin McLane Spock was an pediatrician who, in 1946 published
his book The Common Sense of Baby and Child Care, which became a
bestseller. By 1998 it had sold more than 50 million copies.The book has
been translated into 39 languages. Dr. Spock later wrote three more
books on parenting.

Pediatrician Benjamin McLane Spock was the author of Baby and Child Care, 
published in 1946. It is one of the biggest best-sellers of all time. His ideas 
about childcare influenced several generations of parents. 

William Shakespeare (April 26, 1564 – April 23, 1616) was an English poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and
the world’s most distinguished dramatist. He is often called England’s national
poet.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Jarre, who wrote the screenplays for the movies
Rambo: First Blood Part ll (1985), Glory (1989), and Tombstone (1993), has
died at the age of 56. His aunt, Patty Briley Bean, told the Los Angeles Times
that Jarre died unexpectedly of heart failure on Sunday, April 3 at his Santa
Monica home.  

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known
by his pen name Mark Twain, was a author and humorist. He is most noted for
his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn (1885).