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The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
January 20 Literary Facts
David Garrick dies
Josephine W. Johnson is born
Jacques Ferron is born
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Ernesto Cardenal is born
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Bernice Zamora is born
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Robert Olen Butler is born
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Maya Angelou reads her poem “On the Pulse of Morning” at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton
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