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Story of Writing July 29, 2025
Season 25 Episode 729
Physicist Augusten Fresnel publishes "Memoir on the Diffraction of Light," the world's major powers sign a treaty defining war crimes, and the birthd…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 28, 2025
Season 25 Episode 728
Lavinia Ream becomes the first woman to be commissioned to sculpt a statue for the Capital Rotunda, the 14th Amendment is ratified, US Pres. Herbert …
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 27, 2025
Season 25 Episode 727
The actual Macbeth, King of Scotland, lost an important battle on this day, Maximilian Robespierre is arrested in Paris, and researchers in Toronto f…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 26, 2025
Season 25 Episode 726
The US Post Office is established, the first Esperanto book is published, and the world's major powers draft the Potsdam Declaration to end WWII. The…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 25, 2025
Season 25 Episode 725
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart finishes his masterpiece 40th Symphony: the Great G-Minor, Jack London sails from San Francisco for gold in the Yukon, and US…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 24, 2025
Season 25 Episode 724
O. Henry is released from prison, the world's major powers sign a pact to not use war to settle disputes (almost 10 years before the start of WWII), …
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 23, 2025
Season 25 Episode 723
Ford Motor Company sells its first car, the Chinese Communist Party is founded, and Philippe Petain is put on trial for being a Nazi puppet and turni…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 22, 2025
Season 25 Episode 722
Katherine Lee Bates starts writing "America the Beautiful" and it is the birthday of Emma Lazarus - with a reading of her poem "The New Colossus."
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 21, 2025
Season 25 Episode 721
The first showdown in America's "Wild West," the dramatic conclusion of the Scopes Monkey Trial, and recording Earth's coldest temperature - with a r…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 20, 2025
Season 25 Episode 720
Apollo 11 lands and humans walk on the moon for the first time and the birthday club includes Gregor Mendel, Tom Crean, and Edmund Hillary - with a r…
1 year ago