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Story of Writing July 10, 2026
Season 26 Episode 710
French King Louis XVI declares war on Great Britain to help the American colonists win their independence from the British and the birthday club incl…
1 week, 3 days ago
Story of Writing July 9, 2026
Season 26 Episode 709
The Mozart Family Grand Tour begins, the 14th Amendment is ratified, the Russell-Einstein Manifesto goes public, and it's the birthday of Oliver Sack…
1 week, 4 days ago
Story of Writing July 8, 2026
Season 26 Episode 708
The Wall Street Journal publishes its first edition, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hits its lowest point in the 20th Century, and the Nixon Admini…
1 week, 5 days ago
Story of Writing July 7, 2026
Season 26 Episode 707
In New York City, riots break out against abolition of slavery, the U.S. begins its first military draft, the Ziegfeld Follies begin a 20-year run, a…
1 week, 6 days ago
Story of Writing July 6, 2026
Season 26 Episode 706
Louis Pasteur uses a vaccine to save a nine-year-old boy who was mauled by a rabid dog, Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a military bus…
2 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 5, 2026
Season 26 Episode 705
Isaac Newton publishes his masterwork: "Principia," Frederick Douglass gives his enduring speech "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" The bikin…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Story of Writing July 4, 2026
Season 26 Episode 704
The writing - and politics - of the Declaration of Independence - with a reading from a letter from delegate Benjamin Rush to U.S. President John Ada…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Story of Writing July 3, 2026
Season 26 Episode 703
General George Washington takes command of the Continental Army, and the Battle of Gettysburg comes to an end, and it's the birthday of writer Charlo…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Story of Writing July 2, 2026
Season 26 Episode 702
The U.S. decides to sever ties with the UK, the ship "Amistad" was overtaken by Africans kidnapped to become slaves in America, Jean Sibelius's "Finl…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Story of Writing July 1, 2026
Season 26 Episode 701
The oldest surviving benchmarks for global sea level tells a grim tale, the U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg begins, Canada is born, the WWI Battl…
2 weeks, 5 days ago