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

Giosuè Carducci is born

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Hilaire Belloc is born

Explore: Hilaire Belloc, Discuss the statement "Men and nations fail by the same powers as those by which they rise" in relation to Hilaire Belloc's Napoleon.

Joseph Mitchell is born

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Elizabeth Hardwick is born

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Harry Patterson is born

George Ryga is born

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Bharati Mukherjee is born

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Gertrude Stein dies

Explore: Melanctha, The Making of Americans, Gertrude Stein

Richard Aldington dies

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