Calendar of Literary Facts
July 1...
1804: George Sand is born
1863: Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee are defeated by General George Meade’s U.S. troops at the three-day Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, marking the turning point of the War between the States
1893: Walter White is born
1896: Harriet Beecher Stowe dies
1915: Jean Stafford is born
1927: Patricia Matthews is born
1980: C. P. Snow dies
