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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