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

Shirley Jackson is born

Explore: The Lottery, Charles, Shirley Jackson

Rosemary Sutcliff is born

Explore: The Eagle of the Ninth, The High Deeds of Finn Mac Cool, Rosemary Sutcliff

Leonardo Boff is born

Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings dies

Explore: The Yearling, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, A Mother in Mannville

Friedrich Duerrenmatt dies

Explore: The Physicists, The Visit, Friedrich Dürrenmatt