Ayn Rand
- Author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged
- Advocated smoking, which demonstrates man's triumph over nature.
- Anton LaVey plagiarized portions of Atlas Shrugged for The Satanic Bible.
- Have you been suckered into becoming a student of Objectivism?
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Timeline
| 2 Feb 1905 |
Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum born, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
| 1924 |
Graduates, University of Leningrad. |
| 26 Jan 1926 |
Leaves Russia for America. |
| 18 Feb 1926 |
Arrives in New York City. |
| Sep 1926 |
Movie extra for Cecil B. DeMille film King of Kings. |
| 15 Feb 1929 |
Marries actor Frank O'Conner. |
| 13 Mar 1931 |
Naturalized as an American citizen. |
| 31 Dec 1942 |
Finishes manuscript of The Fountainhead. |
| 6 May 1943 |
The Fountainhead published. |
| 1949 |
Film adaptation of The Fountainhead. |
| 1957 |
Atlas Shrugged -- 1,168 pages. |
| 6 Mar 1982 |
Ayn Rand dies in her New York City apartment. |
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