It was on this date, November 5, 1885, that the chief author of The Story of Civilization (11 vols., 1954-1975), William James Durant, was born in North Adams, Massachusetts. To read more, go to THIS LINK. Originally published November 2003 by Ronald Bruce Meyer.

It was on this date, November 5, 1892, that British biochemist and geneticist John Burdon Sanderson Haldane was born in Scotland. To read more, go to THIS LINK. Originally published November 2003 by Ronald Bruce Meyer.