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- 1729 -
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author born
- 1788 -
Lord Byron, British poet and satirist born
- 1849 -
August Strindberg, Swedish writer born
- 1887 -
Helen Hoyt, American poet born
- 1904 -
Arkady Gaidar, Russian children's writer born
- 1906 -
Robert E. Howard, American author born
- 1922 -
Howard Moss, American poet, dramatist, and critic born
- 1949 -
William Thomas Walsh, American author died
- 1967 -
Robert Henriques, English writer died
- 1993 -
Abe Kobo, Japanese writer died