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The Calendar of Literary Facts contains more than 6,500 events in literary history.
August 30 Literary Facts
Mary Wollstonecraft (later Mary Shelley) is born
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Gabriel Prosser’s abortive slave revolt is betrayed, leading to the execution of 40 slaves
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Theophile Gautier is born
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The crew of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton is rescued after a year-and-a-half ordeal on frozen Elephant Island
Henri Barbusse dies
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Taylor Caldwell dies
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