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Story of Writing November 26, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1126
The Hull note is presented to Japanese officials on the same day a Japanese strike force sets off to attack Pearl Harbor and happy birthdays to Sarah…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing November 25, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1125
Albert Einstein presents his theory of general relativity, The Hollywood Ten are blacklisted by movie studios, and the Reagan Administration is found…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing November 24, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1124
"Black Beauty" is published, and the birthday club includes Frances Hodgson Burnett and Arundhati Roy - with a reading from Hodgson Burnett's "The Se…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing November 23, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1123
John Milton publishes the proclamation defending freedom of the press "Areopagitica," the U.S. bars prescriptions of beer, Hubble publishes his proof…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing November 22, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1122
The birthday club includes George Eliot, Hoagy Carmichael, Rodney Dangerfield, and Terry Gilliam - with a reading from Eliot's "Mill on the Floss."
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing November 21, 2024
Ole Romer presents his calculations on the speed of light, and happy birthdays to Voltaire and Elizabeth George Speare - with a reading from Voltaire…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing November 20, 2024
The second Treaty of Paris is signed, the Nantucket whaler "The Essex" is sunk by a massive whale inspiring "Moby-Dick," the United Nations adopts Th…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing November 19, 2024
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg Address.
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing November 18, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1118
Standard Time is introduced in the U.S., violence and sexual assault made a demonstration for women's suffrage into "Black Friday" in London, South A…
1 year, 6 months ago
Story of Writing November 17, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1117
Richard Nixon says, "I am not a crook," and happy birthdays to Peter Cook and Rebecca Walker - with a reading from "Pollyanna," by Eleanor Porter.
1 year, 6 months ago