Literary Facts - April 30
1789: George Washington takes office as first president of the United States. (Explore: George Washington: The Founding Father, Did George Washington Really Have Wooden Teeth?, What precedents that George Washington established are still followed today?, How did George Washington help in the Revolutionary War?)
1936: A. E. Housman dies. (Explore: A. E. Housman, Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now, To an Athlete Dying Young, A Shropshire Lad, Summarize the poem "Loveliest of Trees" by A. E. Housman. )
1938: Larry Niven is born. (Explore: All the Myriad Ways, The Borderland of Sol, The Hole Man, Ringworld)
1945: Annie Dillard is born. (Explore: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, The Writing Life, Annie Dillard, What is the significance of the autobiography "An American...)