Calendar of Literary Facts
July 4...
1627: Thomas Middleton dies
1761: Samuel Richardson dies
1776: The Declaration of Independence is signed in Philadephia
1804: Nathaniel Hawthorne is born
1905: Lionel Trilling is born
1927: Neil Simon is born
1940: Jon Anderson is born
1950: Eileen Goudge is born
1961: Margaret Edson is born
1974: Georgette Heyer dies
