Calendar of Literary Facts
April 12...
1861: The War between the States (commonly called the American Civil War), pitting the Northern union of states against the Southern Confederacy, begins
1899: Henri Becque dies
1939: Alan Ayckbourn is born
1949: Scott Turow is born
1957: Tama Janowitz is born
1988: Alan Paton dies
1991: James Schuyler dies
1996: Erma Bombeck dies
