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

June 5 Literary Facts

William Sydney Porter (“O. Henry”) dies

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Georges Feydeau dies

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Henry Kreisel is born

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Margaret Drabble is born

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Spalding Gray is born

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