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

November 24 Literary Facts

Laurence Sterne is born

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Sidney Howard’s They Knew What They Wanted is first performed

William F. Buckley Jr. is born

Manlio Argueta is born

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Nuruddin Farah is born

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Arthur Hailey dies

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