BAMA ROWELL -- BOSTON BRAVES BASEBALL PLAYER WHO HIT A HOME RUN OFF THE CLOCK IN EBBETS FIELD, SENDING OUT SPARKS FROM THE CLOCK. IT OCCURED IN BROOKLYN IN A GAME IN 1946. THIS MOMENT INSPIRED AN ASPIRING YOUNG NOVELIST NAMED BERNARD MALAMUD, WHO WAS SITTING IN THE STANDS THAT DAY, TO WRITE HIS CLASSIC NOVEL THE NATURAL.
SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER -- AUTHOR OF LOLLY WILLOWS (OR THE LOVING HUNTSMAN), WHICH WAS TO BE THE FIRST BOOK IN THE BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB.
RICHARD BRANSON -- BILLIONAIRE WHO PILOTED THE FIRST HOT AIR BALLOON TO CROSS THE ATLANTIC.
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