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

December 3 Literary Facts

Joseph Conrad is born

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Robert Louis Stevenson dies

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Mary Baker Eddy dies

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Gwendolyn Brooks dies

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Juan José Arreola dies

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