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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