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

November 30 Literary Facts

Philip Sidney is born

Explore: Astrophil and Stella, Sir Philip Sidney

John Lyly dies

Explore: Campaspe, John Lyly

Jonathan Swift is born

Explore: Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, A Tale of a Tub

Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen is born

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (“Mark Twain”) is born

Explore: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain

L. M. Montgomery is born

Winston Churchill is born

Oscar Wilde dies

Explore: An Ideal Husband, Oscar Wilde

Gordon Parks is born

Explore: The Learning Tree, A Choice of Weapons, Gordon Parks

Fernando Pessoa dies

Explore: Fernando Pessoa

Ron Arias is born

David Mamet is born

Explore: David Mamet

Tad Mosel’s drama All the Way Home is first performed

Sir Terence Rattigan dies

Margaret Walker dies

Explore: Margaret Walker, For My People

John Knowles dies

Explore: A Separate Peace, John Knowles