Anthony Boucher (1911–1968)

1892: Birthday of Basil Rathbone an actor who portrayed Sherlock Holmes on film and stage in the late 1930s & 1940s.1893: Birthday of English scholar, playwright, mystery writer and creator of Lord Peter Wimsey, Dorothy L. Sayers.1967: Thurgood Marshall, attorney for the N.A.A.C.P. during the beginning ... (more)of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States was the first Black man appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

1892: Birthday of Basil Rathbone an actor who portrayed Sherlock Holmes on film and stage in the late 1930s & 1940s.1893: Birthday of English scholar, playwright, mystery writer and creator of Lord Peter Wimsey, Dorothy L. Sayers.1967: Thurgood Marshall, attorney for the N.A.A.C.P. during the beginning ... (more)of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States was the first Black man appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.