The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.

Edgar Rice Burroughs is born

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Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert (who wrote under the pseudonyms “Jean Plaidy” and “Victoria Holt”) is born

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James Reaney is born

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German and Russian armed forces advance into Poland, beginning World War II in Europe

Timothy Zahn is born

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