Tag: literature

  • Catcher in the Rye Published

    Catcher in the Rye Published

    July 16, 1951, The Catcher in the Rye was published.

  • The Great Gatsby Published

    The Great Gatsby Published

    April 10, 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby was published.

  • A Rasin in the Sun Published

    A Rasin in the Sun Published

    March 11, 1959, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry was published and premiered on Broadway.

  • First American Call for Abolition of Slavery

    First American Call for Abolition of Slavery

    March 8, 1775, the first pamphlet in America to call for the abolition of slavery was published.

  • The Final Peanuts

    The Final Peanuts

    February 13, 2000, the final Peanuts comic strip was published.

  • Library of Congress Reestablished

    Library of Congress Reestablished

    January 30, 1815, the Library of Congress was reestablished with Thomas Jefferson’s personal collection.

  • Pride and Prejudice Published

    Pride and Prejudice Published

    January 28, 1813, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice was published.

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    October 21, 1940, Ernest Hemingway published For Whom the Bell Tolls.

  • Death Club

    Death Club

    November 22, 1963, was a tragic day.