Calendar of Literary Facts

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1849: William Ernest Henley is born

1868: Edgar Lee Masters is born

1908: Arthur Adamov is born

1925: Enrique Buenaventura is born

1939: Germany and the Soviet Union form an alliance, signing the Molotov-Ribbentrop-brokered “Non-aggression Pact”

1943: Nelson DeMille is born

1947: George F. Walker is born