The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
November 22 Literary Facts
Mary Ann Evans (“George Eliot”) is born
Explore: The Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch, George Eliot
André Gide is born
Explore: André Gide, The Counterfeiters
Jack London dies
Explore: The Call of the Wild, To Build a Fire, Jack London
The Nuremburg War Crimes Tribunal begins, with Nazi leaders put on trial for crimes against humanity
C. S. Lewis dies
Explore: Prince Caspian, C. S. Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia
Aldous Huxley dies
Explore: Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated