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

William Sydney Porter (“O. Henry”) is born

Explore: Mammon and the Archer, O. Henry, The Cop and the Anthem

D. H. Lawrence is born

Explore: The Rocking-Horse Winner, The Rainbow, D. H. Lawrence, The Blind Man

William X. Kienzle is born

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Leon Rooke is born

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Robert W. Service dies

Members of the Al-Quaeda terrorist network commandeer and crash four commercial airliners, destroying New York’s World Trade Center and part of the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 American citizens