Literary Facts - February 19
1717: David Garrick is born
1858: Charles Alexander Eastman is born. (Explore: Charles Alexander Eastman)
1917: Carson McCullers is born. (Explore: The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The Ballad of the Sad Café, Carson McCullers)
1918: Under the facilitation of W. E. B. Du Bois, the first Pan-African Congress is held in Paris, France. (Explore: W. E. B. Du Bois)
1937: Horacio Quiroga dies. (Explore: The Dead Man, Horacio Quiroga)
1939: Luther Standing Bear dies. (Explore: Luther Standing Bear)
1951: André Gide dies. (Explore: The Immoralist, André Gide, The Counterfeiters)
1952: Knut Hamsun dies. (Explore: Hunger, Knut Hamsun Hunger, Knut Pedersen)
1952: Amy Tan is born. (Explore: The Joy Luck Club, Two Kinds, Amy Tan)
1988: René Char dies. (Explore: René Char)
2002: Virginia Hamilton dies. (Explore: M. C. Higgins, the Great, Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush, Virginia Hamilton)
