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

July 31 Literary Facts

Samuel Richardson is born

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German Luftwaffe Commander in Chief Hermann Goering directs Reinhard Heydrich, head of Reich Security, to enact the “Final Solution:” the extermination of all European Jews by the Nazis

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery dies

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Richard Rodriguez is born

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J. K. Rowling is born

Stanley Ellin dies

Poul (William) Anderson dies