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The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
March 14 Literary Facts
Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin, which greatly simplifies the processing of cotton bolls and leads to an increased demand for slave labor to supply the nation’s demand for cotton
Karl Marx dies
Explore: Karl Marx, Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto
Horton Foote is born
Explore: Horton Foote, The Trip to Bountiful, Farewell
Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr. dies
Edward Abbey dies
Explore: The Monkey Wrench Gang, Edward Abbey