Happy birthday, Stephen Hawking! Frank Lloyd Wright was also born today, in 1867; and Wilkie Collins in 1824.
Here's a picture of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's famous houses, from http://www.wright-house.com/frank-lloyd-wright/fallingwater.html :
This is the day the Poetry Bookshop opened in London in 1913 where Robert Frost and Ezra Pound met each other.
The menu suggestion for a fancy dinner this week from 52 Sunday Dinners from 1913 is
Consomme with Egg Balls
Celery
Olives
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Breaded Sea Bass with Sauce Tartare
Norwegian Potatoes (which include as seasonings anchovies, parsley, mustard, salt, pepper, nutmeg)
Stewed Tomatoes
Cabbage Relish served on Lettuce (basically slaw)
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Lemon Meringue Pie
Cheese
Café Noir (they suggest percolating it and serving it in "hot after-dinner coffee cups, with or without cut loaf sugar")