Literary Facts - March 26
1726: Sir John Vanbrugh dies. (Explore: The Relapse, Sir John Vanbrugh)
1859: A. E. Housman is born. (Explore: A. E. Housman, To an Athlete Dying Young, A Shropshire Lad)
1892: Walt Whitman dies. (Explore: Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman, Song of Myself)
1914: Tennessee Williams is born. (Explore: The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams)
1930: Gregory Corso is born. (Explore: Gregory Corso, Marriage, Bomb)
1933: Vine Deloria Jr. is born. (Explore: Vine Deloria, Jr., Custer Died for Your Sins, Deloria, Vine, Jr.)
1939: Patrick Lane is born. (Explore: Patrick Lane)
1942: Erica Jong is born. (Explore: Fanny, Fear of Flying, Erica Jong)
1969: John Kennedy Toole dies. (Explore: A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole, The Neon Bible)
1979: Jean Stafford dies. (Explore: In the Zoo, Bad Characters, Jean Stafford)
1996: Mary Lavin dies. (Explore: Mary Lavin, Happiness, The Widow's Son)
2000: Alex Comfort dies. (Explore: Alex(ander) Comfort)