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

July 8 Literary Facts

Richard Aldington is born

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Louis Hemon dies

Ernest Hemingway is seriously wounded during an Austrian assault on the Italian Front, in World War I

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Shirley Ann Grau is born

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Anna Quindlen is born

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To Kill a Mockingbird is released as an e-book for the first time.

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