Ezra Jack Keats broke the color barrier in childrenâs literature with the mainstream success of The Snowy Day, in 1962. He believed that all children should be able to see themselves in books they love. Read more about Ezra Jack Keats.
Newton's Life. In 1642, the year Galileo died, Isaac Newton was born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England on Christmas Day. His father had died three months earlier, and baby Isaac, very premature, was also not expected to survive. It was said he could be fitted into a quart pot.
Isaac Newton was born on Christmas day in 1642 (using the new calendar, this would be Jan. 4 1643) in Woolsthorpe, a hamlet near Grantham in Lincolnshire. In 1705 he was knigh â¦ ted by Queen Anne, and thus became Sir Isaac Newton. He died in London on March 20, 1727 (or March 31, using the new style of calendar).