The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.

Kate Chopin dies

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Ray Bradbury is born

Explore: Fahrenheit 451, There Will Come Soft Rains, Something Wicked This Way Comes, The Veldt, Ray Bradbury

E. Annie Proulx is born

Explore: The Half-Skinned Steer, The Shipping News, Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx

Roger Martin du Gard dies