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

January 14 Literary Facts

Dr. Jesse Bennett of Edom, Virginia, performs the first successful Caesarian section, operating upon his own wife and delivering a healthy baby girl

Tillie Olsen is born

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Dudley Randall is born

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Kimitake Hiraoka (Yukio Mishima) is born

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Thomas Tryon is born

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