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October 23 Literary Facts
Robert Bridges is born
Explore: Robert Bridges, Analysis of Robert Bridges' use of vivid imagery and figurative language in "London Snow."
Theophile Gautier dies
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Zane Grey dies
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Michael Crichton is born
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A truck-bomb destroys the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 241 marines