1911 - William Golding Nobel Prize winner for Literature. He is best known for his novel Lord of the Files . The book's theme is that it is human nature to be more concerned about the individual than the common good. hmmmm...
1828 - Leo Tolstoy Most know him as the author of "War and Peace", but he was also a profound advocate of nonviolent resistance. His writings had a great impact on Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.