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Story of Writing September 4, 2023
Season 1 Episode 103
The founding of "the Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels," the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers, Kodak is tradema…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 3, 2023
Season 1 Episode 102
The Lord Protectors of the Commonwealth of England, the Treaty of Paris, Frederick Douglass escapes slavery, The Convention on the Elimination of all…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 2, 2023
Season 1 Episode 101
"Talk softly and carry a big stick," The Japanese Instrument of Surrender, Tibetan Democracy Day, CBS extends its weeknight news show, and a birthday…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 1, 2023
Season 1 Episode 100
For the first time, a woman became a telephone operator, the Germans invaded Poland and started World War II, and happy birthdays to Johann Pachelbel…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing August 31, 2023
Season 1 Episode 99
Sherman attacks Atlanta, Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon, the Anglo-Russian Convention, The U.S. Congress passes its first Neutrality Act, the…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing August 30, 2023
Season 1 Episode 98
Rescue Day for the crew of the Endurance, Thurgood Marshall confirmed as SCOTUS justice, and quite a birthday club: Mary Shelley, Virginia Lee Burton…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing August 29, 2023
Season 1 Episode 97
The Beatles last concert, in front of a paying audience, Netflix joins the birthday club with John Locke, Charlie Parker, and Temple Grandin - with a…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing August 28, 2023
Season 1 Episode 96
The first edition of the Scientific American magazine is published, Caleb Bradham changes the name of his "Brad's Drink" to something more soothing, …
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing August 27, 2023
Season 1 Episode 95
The Famous Five and the "persons" question, the Kellogg-Briand pact, and the birthday club includes Hegel, C.S. Forester, and Alice Coltrane - with a…
2 years, 8 months ago
Story of Writing August 26, 2023
Season 1 Episode 94
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the U.S. patent for the steamboat, Quebec adopts the Charter of the French Language, and tod…
2 years, 9 months ago