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Aldous Huxley, the author of “Brave New World” was born on this day in 1894. Huxley and another author C.S. Lewis had the worst timing ever-they died on November 22, 1963, the day of President Kennedy was assassinated.  A couple rules in life if you are famous, don’t die on the same day as someone more famous and don’t ride on a plane with someone more famous {Wiley Post, Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens..}