Calendar of Literary Facts
December 20...
1803: The final terms of the Louisiana Purchase are signed
1911: Hortense Calisher is born
1946: Andrei Codrescu is born
1954: Sandra Cisneros is born
1961: Moss Hart dies
1968: John Steinbeck dies
1996: Carl Sagan dies
1997: Denise Levertov dies
2001: Leopold Sedar Senghor dies
