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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

The Nuremburg War Crimes Tribunal begins, with Nazi leaders put on trial for crimes against humanity

Aldous Huxley dies

Explore: Brave New World, Aldous Huxley

U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated