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

February 2 Literary Facts

Joseph Seamon Cotter Sr. is born

James Joyce is born

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William Rose Benét is born

Ayn Rand is born

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Eugene O’Neill's first full-length play, Beyond the Horizon, opens at the Morosco Theater.

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James Dickey is born

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Judith Viorst is born

Alistair MacLean dies

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Claude Brown dies

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