Douglas Adams' 61 Birthday.

Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English writer, humorist and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy.
Later it was developed into Trilogy of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime,later as a TV Series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film.
Adams' contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame.

His other Books:

•  Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987) 
•  The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), 
• Co-writer of  The Meaning of Liff (1983), Last Chance to See (1990), and three stories for the television series Doctor Who.

• A posthumous collection of his work, including an unfinished novel, was published as The Salmon of Doubt in 2002. 

            Adams became known as an advocate for environmentalism and conservation, and also as a lover of fast cars, cameras, technological innovation, and the Apple Macintosh.