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May 28 Literary Facts
Fritz Hochwaelder is born
Patrick White is born
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May Swenson is born
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Maeve Binchy is born
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Eugenia Price dies
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson, creator of the Nancy Drew mysteries, dies
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Maya Angelou dies at age 86.
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