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

September 16 Literary Facts

Anne Bradstreet dies

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Orestes Brownson is born

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John Knowles is born

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Breyten Breytenbach is born

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Henry Louis Gates Jr. is born

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Howard Moss dies

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