Veterans Day:

In honor of all who serve, and all who have served.

We will never forget.

Photograph of Sgt. George R. Kost, shown in LIFE magazine.

December 25, 1944.

Volume 17, Number 26.

Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt.

Laini Taylor, on writing and reading:

I write because, as wonderful as life is - and it is truly wonderful - it isn't enough.

It does not, for example, contain dragons.

I find this unsatisfactory.

So I read.

And I write.

- Laini Taylor.

Born on this day – Anna Katharine Green:

Anna Katharine Green

Writer

November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935

Credits:

The Leavenworth Case (1878); A Strange Disappearance (1880); Hand and Ring (1883); Behind Closed Doors (1888); A Matter of Millions (1891); The Doctor, His Wife, and the Clock (1895); That Affair Next Door (1897); Lost Man's Lane (1898); The Circular Study (1900); One of My Sons (1901); Initials Only (1911); Mystery of the Hasty Arrow (1917); That Affair Next Door (1897); Lost Man's Lane (1898); The Circular Study (1900); Agatha Webb (1899); The Woman in the Alcove (aka A Woman of Mystery) (1906); The House of the Whispering Pines (1910); XYZ (1883); The Mill Mystery (1886); 7 to 12 (1887); The Forsaken Inn (1890); Cynthia Wakeham's Money (1892); Marked Personal (1893); Miss Hurd - An Enigma (1894); Dr. Izard (1895); The Filigree Ball (1903); The House in the Mist (1905); The Millionaire Baby (1905); The Chief Legatee (1906); The Chief Lagatee (1907); The Mayor's Wife (1907); The Sward of Damocles (1909); Three Thousand Dollars (1910); Dark Hollow (1914); The Step On the Stair (1923); The Defense of the Bride (poems) (1882); The Old Stone House (1891); A Difficult Problem (1900); The Amethyst Box (1905); Masterpieces of Mystery (1912); The Golden Slipper (1915); To the Minute, Scarlet and Black (1916); Room Number 3 (1919); The Collected Mysteries of Anna Katharine Green (2011); The Bronze Hand (1897).

Born on this day – Beverly Bayne:

Beverly Bayne

Actress

November 11, 1894 – August 18, 1982

Credits:

A Bag of Gold (1915); A Brother's Loyalty (1913); A Foot of Romance (1914); A Gentleman of Leisure (1914); A Good Catch (1912); A Mansion of Tragedy (1915); A Million a Minute (1916); A Pair of Cupids (1918); A Soul Reclaimed (1912); A Tango Tangle (1913); A Virginia Romance (1916); An Adamless Eden (1912); An Opal Ring (1915); Any Woman's Choice (1914); Back to the Old Farm (1912); Billy Changes His Mind (1912); Billy McGrath's Love Letters (1912); Bridget Bridges It (1914); Cousin Jane (1913); Curing a Husband (1914); Cyclone Higgins, D.D. (1918); Daring Hearts (1919); Dear Old Girl (1913); Every Inch a King (1914); Eyes That See Not (1915); For Old Time's Sake (1913); God's Outlaw (1919); Good Night, Nurse (1913); Graustark (1915); Hands of Murder (1952); Hearts and Roses (1915); Her Marriage Vow (1924); Here's Your Hat (1913); Hilda Wakes (1913); His Stolen Fortune (1914); Hypnotism in Hicksville (1913); In the Diplomatic Service (1916); In the Glare of the Lights (1914); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Love and Lavallieres (1913); Love's Magnet (1914); Making Him Over – For Minnie (1914); Man and His Soul (1916); Manners and the Man (1915); Miss Simkins' Summer Boarder (1912); Modern Marriage (1923); NBC Television Theatre (1947); Oh, Doctor (1914); On the Dawn Road (1915); One Wonderful Night (1914); One-to-Three (1914); Passionate Youth (1925); Pennington's Choice (1915); Phillip March's Engagement (1913); Providence and Mrs. Urmy (1915); Red, White and Blue Blood (1917); Re-Tagged (1913); Richard Carvel (1915); Romeo and Juliet (1916); Scars of Possession (1914); Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 15 (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 22, No. 10 (1943); Screen Snapshots, Series 25, No. 1: 25th Anniversary (1945); Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 24 (1923); Seeing Is Believing (1913); Smiling All the Way (1920); Smithy's Grandma Party (1913); Social Quicksands (1918); Sparks of Fate (1914); Springing a Surprise (1912); Star Tonight (1955); Sunlight (1913); Teaching a Liar a Lesson (1912); Teaching Hickville to Sing (1913); The Accounting (1915); The Adopted Son (1917); The Age of Innocence (1924); The Ambition of the Baron (1915); The Brass Check (1918); The Butterfly Net (1912); The Conspiracy at the Chateau (1915); The Counter Intrigue (1915); The Countess (1914); The Crimson Wing (1915); The Death Weight (1913); The Devil's Signature (1914); The Divided House (1913); The Epidemic (1914); The Fable of Napoleon and the Bumps (1914); The Fable of the Brash Drummer and the Nectarine (1914); The Fable of the Bush League Lover Who Failed to Qualify (1914); The Farmer's Daughter (1913); The Forbidden Way (1913); The Girl at the Curtain (1914); The Girl in the Case (1913); The Grassville Girls (1912); The Great Secret (1917); The Great Silence (1915); The Gum Man (1913); The Hermit (1912); The Hermit of Lonely Gulch (1913); The House of Pride (1912); The Iron Heel (1912); The Leather Goods Lady (1915); The Legacy of Happiness (1912); The Little Substitute (1913); The Loan Shark (1912); The Loose Change of Chance (1914); The Love Lute of Romany (1913); The Love Route Via Pittman (1914); The Magic Wand (1912); The Man Who Found Out (1915); The Masked Wrestler (1914); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mis-Sent Letter (1912); The Mystery of the Silent Death (1915); The Naked City (1948); The New Church Organ (1912); The Old Wedding Dress (1912); The Penitent (1912); The Plum Tree (1914); The Poor Rich Man (1918); The Power of Conscience (1913); The Prince Party (1914); The Private Officer (1914); The Red Mouse (1916); The Redemption of Slivers (1912); The Return of Becky (1912); The Reverend Salamander Unattached (1915); The Right of Way (1913); The Rival Salesmen (1913); The Rivals (1912); The Same Old Story (1913); The Snare (1912); The Stigma (1913); The Supreme Test (1912); The Tale of a Clock (1913); The Tenth Woman (1924); The Thrifty Parson (1912); The Toll of the Marshes (1913); The Trail of the Itching Palm (1913); The Understudy (1912); The Verdict (1914); The Voice of Conscience (1917); The Volunteer Burglar (1914); The Wall Between (1916); The Wardrobe Lady (1913); The Way Perilous (1913); The Whip Hand (1913); The Will-Be Weds (1913); Their Compact (1917); Thirteen Down (1915); Thirty (1915); This Is Francis X. Bushman (2021); This Is the Life (1914); Three Little Powders (1914); Through Eyes of Love (1914); Through the Storm (1914); Tit for Tat (1913); Two Men Who Waited (1914); Under Royal Patronage (1914); Under Suspicion (1918); We, the People (1949); Well Matched (1912); What George Did (1913); What's the Matter with Father? (1913); When Soul Meets Soul (1913); When the Fates Spin (1915); White Roses (1912); Who Cares (1925); Whose Was the Shame? (1915); With Neatness and Dispatch (1918); Witness 'A-3 Center' (1913).

Born on this day – Robert Ryan:

Robert Ryan

Actor

November 11, 1909 – July 11, 1973

Credits:

A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die (1967); About Mrs. Leslie (1954); Act of Violence (1948); Alaska Seas (1954); Alcoa Theatre (1957); ...And Hope to Die (1972); Anzio (1968); Back from Eternity (1956); Bad Day at Black Rock (1955); Battle of the Bulge (1965); Behind the Rising Sun (1943); Berlin Express (1948); Best of the Badmen (1951); Beware, My Lovely (1952); Billy Budd (1962); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1966); Bombardier (1943); Born to Be Bad (1950); Breaking Point (1964); Buick-Electra Playhouse (1960); Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969); Caught (1949); City Beneath the Sea (1953); Clash by Night (1952); Crossfire (1947); Custer of the West (1967); Day of the Outlaw (1959); Escape to Burma (1955); Executive Action (1973); Flying Leathernecks (1951); Gangway for Tomorrow (1943); God's Little Acre (1958); Golden Gloves (1940); Goodyear Theatre (1957); Hard, Fast and Beautiful! (1951); Her Twelve Men (1954); Horizons West (1952); Hour of the Gun (1967); House of Bamboo (1955); Ice Palace (1960); Inferno (1953); King of Kings (1961); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1963); Lawman (1971); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Lonelyhearts (1958); Marine Raiders (1944); Men in War (1957); Mr. Adams and Eve (1957); Name, Age and Occupation (1942); North West Mounted Police (1940); Odds Against Tomorrow (1959); On Dangerous Ground (1951); Playhouse 90 (1958); Queen of the Mob (1940); Return of the Bad Men (1948); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Tender Comrade (1943); Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940); The Boy with Green Hair (1948); The Busy Body (1967); The Canadians (1961); The Crooked Road (1965); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The Eleventh Hour (1964); The Front Page (1970); The Ghost Breakers (1940); The Iceman Cometh (1973); The Iron Major (1943); The Longest Day (1962); The Love Machine (1971); The Man Without a Country (1973); The Naked Spur (1953); The Outfit (1973); The Presidency: A Splendid Misery (1964); The Professionals (1966); The Proud Ones (1956); The Racket (1951); The Reason Why (1970); The Reporter (1964); The Secret Agents (1965); The Secret Fury (1950); The Set-Up (1949); The Sky's the Limit (1943); The Tall Men (1955); The Wild Bunch (1969); The Woman on Pier 13 (1949); The Woman on the Beach (1947); Trail Street (1947); Wagon Train (1962); Zane Grey Theatre (1956).

Born on this day – Kurt Vonnegut:

Kurt Vonnegut

Writer

November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007

Credits:

Books:

Galápagos (1985); Bluebeard (1987); Player Piano / Utopia 14 (1952); The Sirens of Titan (1959); Cat's Cradle (1960); Mother Night (1961); Harrison Bergeron (1961); God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965); Slaughterhouse-Five (1969); Between Time and Timbuktu (1972); Breakfast of Champions (1973); Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! (1976); Jailbird (1979); Deadeye Dick (1982); Hocus Pocus (1990); Timequake (1997); The Big Trip Up Yonder (1954); 2 B R 0 2 B (1968); Who Am I This Time? For Romeos and Juliets (1970); God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (1999); The Honor of a Newsboy (2009); Confido (2009); Hall of Mirrors (2009); A Song for Selma (2009); Hello, Red (2009); The Good Explainer (2009); King and Queen of the Universe (2009); Little Drops of Water (2009); The Nice Little People (2009); Ed Luby's Key Club (2009); Shout about It from the Housetops (2009); FUBAR (2009); Basic Training (2012); Vonnegut by the Dozen: Twelve Pieces by Kurt Vonnegut (2013); Slice of Life (2016); Canary in a Cat House (1961); 2BR02B (1962); Welcome to the Monkey House (1968); Bagombo Snuff Box (1999); Armageddon in Retrospect (2008); Look at the Birdie (2009); While Mortals Sleep (2011); Sucker's Portfolio (2012); Sinbad (2016); Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons (1974); Palm Sunday (1981); Like Shaking Hands with God (1999); Kurt Vonnegut on Mark Twain, Lincoln, Imperialist Wars and the Weather (2004); A Man Without a Country (2005); Letters (2012); We Are What We Pretend To Be (2012); If This Isn't Nice What Is? (2013); Pity the Reader (2019); Fates Worse Than Death (1982); Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945 (2020); Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970); Sun, Moon, Star (1980); Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade (2020); The Flying Sorcerers (1997); The Wizards of Odd (1997); Wizards of Odd (1997); Learning to Live Finally: The Last Interview (2005); Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The Last Interview (2011); Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth (2002); Connoisseur's Science Fiction (1964); ABC of Science Fiction (1968); Best SF Vol 7 (1971); Masks (1971); Autumn Light: Illuminations of Age (1978); The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction (1980); The Golden Age of Science Fiction (1981); Space Odyssey (1983); A World of Fiction (1983); Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1985); Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century (1987); The Ultimate Frankenstein (1991); First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994); Cybersex: Aliens, Neurosex and Cyborgasms (1996); The Flying Sorcerers (1997); Wizards of Odd (1997); The Playboy Book of Science Fiction (1998); Writers on Writing (2001); Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth (2002); Louder than Bombs: Interviews from The Progressive Magazine (2004); Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2 (2010); The Best American Mystery Stories 2010 (2010); Slaughterhouse-Five: Critical Insights (2010); Science Fiction Collection 002 (2011); The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack (2012); The Big Book of Classic Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction (2013); Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories (2015); Grave Predictions (2016); The Ultimate Short Story Bundle (2020).

Awards:

1953: nominated for the International Fantasy Award for: Player Piano.

1960: won the Writers Guild of America Award for: Auf Wiedersehen.

1960: finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel for: The Sirens of Titan.

1964: finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel for: Cat's Cradle.

1970: nominated for the Nebula Award for: Slaughterhouse-Five.

1970: finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Novel for: Slaughterhouse-Five.

1971: won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play for: Happy Birthday Wanda June.

1973: won the Seiun Award for foreign novel for: The Sirens of Titan.

1973: won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation winner for: Slaughterhouse-Five.

1986: won second placed for the John W. Campbell Award for: Galapagos.

2009: won the Audie Award for Short Stories / Collections for: Armageddon in Retrospect.

2015: awarded a place in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, by the Science Fiction Museum.

2019: won the Prometheus Hall of Fame award, by the Libertarian Futurist Society, for: Harrison Bergeron.

Movies and television:

1 Giant Leap (2002); 2081 (2009); 2Br02B (2016); 2BR02b (2016); 2BR02B (2017); 2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be (2016 / 2018); 60 Minutes (1970); 90 Minutes Live (1977–1978); A Curious World (2016); A Man Without a Country (2012); A Matadeira (1994); American Experience (1997); American Playhouse (1982–1985); Automatic Thirteen (2007); Back to School (1986); Between Time and Timbuktu (1972); Breakfast of Champions (1999); Brooklyn Bridge (1981); Bus Stop (1961); Charlie Rose (2007); Curious Matter Anthology (2021); Deer in the Works (1980); Epicac (2008); Film '72 (1972); First Man (2018); FUBAR (2019); Full House (1973); General Electric Theater (1955–1958); God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut (2018); Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971); Harrison Bergeron (1995 / 2006); Here After (2020); 'Hick' Town (2009); Hollywood Insider (2021); I riassuntini (2018); Karikakramäng / Segment: Promenaad (1976); Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.: A Self-Portrait (1975); Kurt Vonnegut: Reporter on the Afterlife (2023); Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021); Kurt Vonnegut's A Man Without a Country (2018); Kurt Vonnegut's Saab Dealership (2022); Langmuir's World (1998); Long Walk to Forever (1987 / 2014); Monkey House (1991–1993); Mother Night (1996); Moving Image Salutes Elia Kazan (1987); Moving Image Salutes James Stewart (1988); Moving Image Salutes Sidney Poitier (1989); Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All... (2015); Never Down (2007); New Nightmares (1993); Newsstand Theatre (1952); Next Door (1976); Now on PBS (2005); Poetry, Passion, the Postman: The Poetic Return of Pablo Neruda (1996); Real Time with Bill Maher (2005); Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love / Segment: Epicac (1974); Saturday Review (1986); Scary Stories Around the Fire (2024); Sicko (2007); Slapstick of Another Kind (1982); Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); Spegeln - för konst och kultur (1977); Tabu Vergeltung - Die Literaten und der Luftkrieg (2000); The ABCs of Book Banning (2023); The American Ruling Class (2005); The Big Trip Up Yonder (2014); The Civil War (1990); The Congress (1989); The Daily Show (2005); The David Frost Show (1972); The Day of Five Billion (1987); The Dick Cavett Show (1989); The Ford Television Theatre (1954); The Foster Portfolio (2017); The Larry Solway Show (1976); The Last Day of Charley E. Rays (2016); The Making of Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); The Man from Bagombo (2010); The Merv Griffin Show (1969); The Painted Boy (1995); Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg (1994); Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist (2007).

Born on this day – John Guillermin:

John Guillermin

Director

Writer

Producer

November 11, 1925 – September 27, 2015

Credits:

Adventure in the Hopfields (1954); Aggie (1956); Bachelor in Paris (1952); Death on the Nile (1978); Death on the Nile: Making of Featurette (1978); El Condor (1970); Four Days (1951); Guns at Batasi (1964); Hell, Heaven or Hoboken (1958); High Jinks in Society (1949); House of Cards (1968); King Kong (1976); King Kong Lives (1986); Miss Robin Hood (1952); Mr. Patman (1980); Never Let Go (1960); Operation Diplomat (1953); P.J. (1967); Paper Gallows (1950); Rapture (1965); Sahara (1983); Sailor of Fortune (1956); Shaft in Africa (1973); Sheena (1984); Shop Spoiled (1954); Skyjacked (1972); Smart Alec (1951); Strange Stories (1953); Tarzan Goes to India (1962); Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959); The Blue Max (1966); The Bridge at Remagen (1969); The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960); The Towering Inferno (1974); The Tracker (1988); The Whole Truth (1958); Thunderstorm (1956); Town on Trial (1957); Two on the Tiles (1951); Waltz of the Toreadors (1962); Your Favorite Story (1953).