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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
Explore: Karl Marx, The Communist Manifesto
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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