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

Irving Bacheller is born

Cyprian Ekwensi is born

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Sidney Kingsley’s drama Men in White is first performed

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Jane Smiley is born

Explore: Long Distance, A Thousand Acres, Jane Smiley

Alberto Pincherle dies

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