The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
July 21 Literary Facts
Robert Burns dies
Explore: A Red, Red Rose, Robert Burns
Hart Crane is born
Explore: At Melville's Tomb
Marshall McLuhan is born
Explore: Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media
John Gardner Jr. is born
Explore: Grendel, John Gardner
P. G. Wodehouse, living at villa in Le Touquet, France, is arrested and interned by German occupation forces, as are all English nationals under the age of 60
Explore: P. G. Wodehouse
Tess Gallagher is born
Explore: I Stop Writing the Poem, Tess Gallagher
Buchi Emecheta is born
Explore: Buchi Emecheta, Second-Class Citizen, The Slave Girl