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The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
June 17 Literary Facts
Joseph Addison dies
Explore: The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, Joseph Addison, The Spectator
James Weldon Johnson is born
Explore: The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man, James Weldon Johnson, The Creation
John Hersey is born
Explore: Hiroshima, A Bell for Adano, John Hersey
William Attaway dies
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