Literary Facts - January 24
1664: John Vanbrugh is born. (Explore: The Relapse, Sir John Vanbrugh)
1670: William Congreve is born. (Explore: Love for Love, The Way of the World, The Double-Dealer, William Congreve, Discuss William Congreve's play The Way of the World as a comedy.)
1732: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais is born. (Explore: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais)
1862: Edith Newbold Jones (Wharton) is born. (Explore: Ethan Frome, The Age of Innocence, The House of Mirth, Roman Fever, Edith Wharton, What is the significance of "The Other Two" by Edith Wharton?)
1931: Floyd Salas is born. (Explore: Tattoo the Wicked Cross)
1965: Sir Winston Churchill dies. (Explore: Joan of Arc, The Second World War, What were Winston Churchill's objections to the Munich agreement ?)
1986: L. Ron Hubbard dies. (Explore: Mission Earth, Volume I, Fear/Typewriter in the Sky, Slaves of Sleep)