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Story of Writing July 7, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 707
The Anti-Abolitionist Race Riot begins in New York City, the U.S. begins its first military draft - with loopholes, Hawaii and Alaska change status, …
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing July 6, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 706
(Sorry, I hab a hed code.) Louis Pasteur successfully tests his rabies vaccine, Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of the bus, and John Lenn…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing July 5, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 705
Sir Isaac Newton publishes his landmark work in physics "Principia" and Frederick Douglass gives his speech "What, to the Slave, is Your 4th of July?…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing July 4, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 704
In the American colonies, the Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence. It was one of the world's most challenging bits of …
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing July 3, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 703
George Washington fights in his first battle and - two decades later - he becomes a General and leader of the Continental Army. The Battle of Gettysb…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing July 2, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 702
The American Continental Congress resolves to sever ties with England, a group of people from Sierra Leone took control of the slave ship Amistad, Je…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing July 1, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 701
The U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg begins, Canada is born - as is the Tour de France and "SOS." The World War I Battle of the Somme begins and h…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing June 30, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 630
An evolution debate at Oxford turns nasty, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Yosemite Valley Grant Act, Albert Einstein submits for publicatio…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing June 29, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 629
London's Globe Theater burns down and the birthday club includes Giacomo Leopardi, Celia Thaxter, and Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Today's reading is "T…
1 year, 10 months ago
Story of Writing June 28, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 628
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, and - five years later, to the day - European powers sign the Treaty of Versailles. Today's reading is "The…
1 year, 11 months ago