2002: Millie Wirt Benson, ghostwriter (as Carolyn Keene) for the early Nancy Drew mysteries, died in Toledo, Ohio at the age of 96 where she was still writing for the local newspaper, a job she had for 58 years.

1908: Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series of books that inspired the movie series, was born in London. He died on August 12, 1964.

1888: World-class athlete Jim Thorpe was born in a one-room cabin near Prague in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. Thorpe's versatile talents earned him the distinction of being chosen, in 1950, the greatest football player and the greatest American athlete of the early 20th century by American sports writers and broadcasters. (Source: Library of Congress)