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October 5th in Literary History

1703

Jonathan Edwards is born

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1713

Denis Diderot is born

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1813

Tecumseh dies

1867

John Rollin Ridge dies

1924

José Donoso is born

1936

Vaclav Havel is born

1939

Marie-Claire Blais is born

1949

Peter Ackroyd is born

1952

Clive Barker is born

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