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

William Cullen Bryant is born

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André Malraux is born

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Terrence McNally is born

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Martin Cruz Smith is born

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Carol Moseley Braun, Democratic candidate from Illinois, becomes the first black woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate