1987 Event ABC-TV begins broadcasting "Amerika" mini-series 1965 Death Hans Marchwitza, writer, poet, proletarian, communist, works include 'In Amerika', 'Gedichte', dies 1936 Birthday Kris Kristofferson, born in Brownsville, Texas, singer and actor, Amerika, Millenium 1924 Death Franz Kafka, Czechoslovakian writer (Trial, Amerika, Metamorphosis), dies at 40 1913 Event Franz Kafka stops working on "Amerika"; it will never be finished 1890 Birthday Hans Marchwitza, born in Szarlej, Poland, writer, poet, proletarian, communist, works include 'In Amerika', 'Gedichte' 1883 Birthday Franz Kafka, Czechoslovakia, author, Metamorphosis, Trial, Amerika