The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
October 14 Literary Facts
Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp (“Katherine Mansfield”) is born
Explore: Miss Brill, Katherine Mansfield, At the Bay
Hannah Arendt is born
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Tim O’Brien is born
Explore: Tim O'Brien
Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows’s musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is first performed
Randall Jarrell dies
Explore: Randall Jarrell, The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner
Marcel (Andre) Ayme dies
Explore: Marcel Aymé
Howard Sackler dies
Explore: The Great White Hope, Howard Sackler
Harold Robbins dies
Explore: The Carpetbaggers, A Stone for Danny Fisher, Harold Robbins
Cleveland Amory dies