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The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
September 18 Literary Facts
Samuel Johnson is born
Explore: Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes, Preface to Shakespeare
George MacDonald dies
Explore: The Golden Key, The Princess and the Goblin
The fictional twosome of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves is introduced by P. G. Wodehouse in the story “Extricating Young Gussie,” published in The Saturday Evening Post