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

John Greenleaf Whittier is born

Explore: Telling the Bees, Snow-Bound, John Greenleaf Whittier

Willa Cather is born

Explore: My Antonia, Paul's Case, Willa Cather

Rosemary Rogers is born

Japanese planes destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, bringing the U.S. into World War II; the Axis powers declare war on the U.S.

Susan Isaacs is born

Explore: After All These Years, Magic Hour, Susan Isaacs

Reinaldo Arenas dies

Explore: The Palace of the White Skunks

José Donoso dies

Explore: José Donoso, The Walk