November 10 was a very busy day in book history

November 10 was quite the day in literary history! Here are a few milestones (and past posts about them) to celebrate.

1844: Hans Christian Andersen publishes New Fairy Tales, including “The Ugly Duckling.”

• Take a peek at the new Hans Christian Andersen museum 

• Watch the restoration of a century-old book

1928: The first installment of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque appears in the German magazine Vossische Zeitung.

• Slate's thoughts on the new All Quiet on the Western Front movie

• Writers who served in the military

1950: William Faulkner is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

• William Faulkner's screenplays and Shel Silverstein's songs 

• New book explores Mississippi as a literary powerhouse

1960: Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence sells 200,000 copies in one day following its publication in the UK (it had been banned in 1928).

• Watch the trailer for Lady Chatterley's Lover 

• Trial version of Lady Chatterley's Lover finds a permanent UK home 

• On this day: Rabbit, Run comes out; Lady Chatterley’s Lover is cleared 

• Authorities also found D.H. Lawrence's paintings obscene

1960: Neil Gaiman, author of American Gods, Coraline, and the Sandman series, is born.

• Reflections on The Sandman before its TV premiere 

• Anansi Boys is becoming a TV show 

• Screen updates: American Gods, Shuggie Bain, and a Biden book 

• Neil Gaiman's retweet brings in flood of orders from bookstore 

• Follow the footsteps of Shadow Moon in this American Gods road trip 

• Neil Gaiman discusses how it felt to adapt Good Omens

1961: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller is published.

• Today in history: Catch-22 reviews, Lady Chatterley’s Lover sales

• George Clooney on the challenges of adapting Catch-22

• Fast facts about Catch-22