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

May 5 Literary Facts

Karl Marx is born

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Bret Harte dies

Explore: Bret Harte, The Outcasts of Poker Flat

James Branch Cabell dies

Kaye Gibbons is born

Explore: Ellen Foster, Virtuous Woman, a, Kaye Gibbons

Michael Shaara dies

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