November 7: Richard Yates

November 7: Richard Yates, novelist and short-story writer best known for “Revolutionary Road,” died on this date in 1992; the book was made into a movie that was released in 2008.

November 4: Laura Keene

November 3: Actress Laura Keene, who was on stage at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. on the evening of April 14, 1865, and recognized fellow actor John Wilkes Booth as he ran past her after shooting President Abraham Lincoln, died on this date in 1873.