Will Durant died on Nov. 7, 1981. His wife Ariel had died on Oct. 25, 1981. She was a Russian immigrant. Her date of death was the date of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 in the “Old Style” or Julian calendar. His date of death was the date of the Bolshevik Revolution using the “New Style” or Gregorian calendar. Just a bit of totally meaningless trivia.
“Will Durant died on Nov. 7, 1981”
Interesting “meaningless trivia”. My parents had his (or was it their) book “The Story of Philosophy” in their bookshelf. I read a bit of it and never forgot how he brought the subject matter to life. I need to read some of his multi-volume history account. He (or they) rose to the level of being poets.