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Births on September 26

Jane Smiley
1949Sep, 26

Jane Smiley

Jane Smiley, American novelist
Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres (1991).

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Events on 1949

  • 1Apr

    Communist Party of China

    Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
  • 20Jul

    1948 Arab-Israeli War

    Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war.
  • 1Oct

    Mao Zedong

    The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
  • 2Oct

    Mao Zedong

    The Soviet Union recognises the People's Republic of China, proclaimed the previous day by Mao Zedong.
  • 14Oct

    People's Liberation Army

    Chinese Civil War: Chinese Communist forces occupy Guangzhou.