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

July 2 Literary Facts

1778

Jean-Jacques Rousseau dies

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1904

Anton Chekhov dies

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1923

Wislawa Szymborska is born

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1935

Ed Bullins is born

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1999

Mario Puzo dies

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