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

Charlotte L. Forten is born

Jesse Lynch Williams is born

Marcus Garvey is born

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Evan S. Connell Jr. is born

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John Hawkes is born

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Ted Hughes is born

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V. S. Naipaul is born

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Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin is born

Ed Sanders is born

LaVyrle Spencer is born

Black Elk dies

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Jack Spicer dies

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Carlos Drummond de Andrade dies

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