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

May 16 Literary Facts

H. E. Bates is born

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Arturo Uslar Pietri is born

Juan Rulfo is born

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William Hoffman is born

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The 70,000 Jews living in the Warsaw Ghetto are liquidated by German occupation forces after an unsuccessful uprising

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George Ade dies