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

October 7 Literary Facts

James Whitcomb Riley is born

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Helen MacInnes is born

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Desmond Tutu is born

Leroi Jones (Amiri Baraka) is born

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Thomas Keneally is born

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Clive James is born

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Novelist Toni Morrison becomes the first black American to win the Nobel Prize for literature

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An American-led military coalition commences an air-war against Taliban and Al-Quaeda forces in Afghanistan, the first stage in Operation Enduring Freedom