Calendar of Literary Facts
January 30...
1649: Imprisoned and tried for crimes against England, Charles I is found guilty by a Cromwellian court and beheaded
1873: Johannes V. Jensen is born
1912: Barbara W. Tuchman is born
1925: Jack Spicer is born
1930: Vladimir Mayakovsky produces his drama Banya (The Bathhouse)
1935: Richard Brautigan is born
1945: Michael Anthony Dorris is born
1948: Mohandas K. Gandhi is assassinated
2006: Wendy Wasserstein dies
