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Story of Writing July 9, 2025
Season 25 Episode 709
In the U.S., the 14th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, the Russell-Einstein Manifesto is released, and the birthday club includes Elias How…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 8, 2025
Season 25 Episode 708
The Wall Street Journal publishes its first edition, the Dow-Jones Industrial Average closes at its lowest level of the 20th Century, and Pres. Richa…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 7, 2025
Season 25 Episode 707
The New York City race riots of 1834 begin, the US begins its first military draft, Alaska becomes a state, the Ziegfeld Follies premiers its first s…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 6, 2025
Season 25 Episode 706
Louis Pasteur tests his rabies vaccine, Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet, and it is the birt…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 5, 2025
Season 25 Episode 705
Isaac Newton publishes "Principia," Frederick Douglass delivers his speech "What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July," FDR establishes the Labor Rel…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 4, 2025
Season 25 Episode 704
The Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, written mostly by Thomas Jefferson. This episode includes a reading of a lett…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 3, 2025
Season 25 Episode 703
General George Washington is named leader of the Continental Army, the U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg is won by Union forces, and it is the birt…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 2, 2025
Season 25 Episode 702
The U.S. Continental Congress resolves to sever ties with England, Africans take control of the ship "Amistad," and President Lyndon B. Johnson signs…
1 year ago
Story of Writing July 1, 2025
Season 25 Episode 701
The U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg begins, Canada is formed as a nation, and the WWI Battle of the Somme begins. It is the birthday of George Sa…
1 year ago
Story of Writing June 30, 2025
Season 25 Episode 630
Oxford hosts the Great Debate over evolution, Pres. Lincoln signs the Yosemite Valley Grant Act, Einstein publishes his paper on the electrodynamics …
1 year ago