Literary Facts - May 6
1862: Henry David Thoreau dies. (Explore: Walden, Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience)
1914: Randall Jarrell is born. (Explore: The Bat Poet, Randall Jarrell, The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner)
1919: L. Frank Baum dies. (Explore: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz, L. Frank Baum)
1940: John Steinbeck wins a Pulitzer for The Grapes of Wrath. (Explore: The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck)
1942: Ariel Dorfman is born. (Explore: Death and the Maiden, Ariel Dorfman)