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

April 12 Literary Facts

The War between the States (commonly called the American Civil War), pitting the Northern union of states against the Southern Confederacy, begins

Henri Becque dies

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Scott Turow is born

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Tama Janowitz is born

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James Schuyler dies

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Erma Bombeck dies