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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, January 9, 2023

Posted on January 9, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1956 when the “Dear Abby” advice column first appeared in print, in the San Francisco Chronicle.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, January 8, 2023

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George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address on this date in 1790. In addition to nation building; he also urged Congress to promote science and literature, saying, “Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, January 7, 2023

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Author Zora Neal Hurston was born on this day in 1891. She is best known for her novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” A work unpublished in her lifetime “Baracoon: The Story of the “Last Black Cargo”” was published in 2018 and became a best seller.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, January 6, 2023

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“I write pieces, and move them around. And the fun of it is watching the truthful parts slide together. What is false won’t fit.” – Elizabeth Strout, novelist, born on this day in 1956.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, January 5, 2023

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On this day in 1643 the first legal divorce recorded in the American colonies was finalized between Anne and Dennis Clarke of Massachusetts Bay Colony on the grounds of adultery and abandonment. The court’s record read: “She is garunted to bee divorced.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, January 4, 2023

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Today is the birthday of Louis Braille (1809) who developed a written language for the blind before he was 15 years old. It is also the birthday of Sir Isaac Newton (1643) who defined the three laws of motion. And finally the birthday of the bestselling presidential biographer Doris Kerns Goodwin (1943).

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, January 3, 2023

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“The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation of women, the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.” – Lucretia Coffin Mott, born on this day in 1793 – Abolitionist and women’s rights reformer.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, January 2, 2023

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Author Isaac Asimov was born on this day in 1920. He was born in Russia, and immigrated to the United States when he was three years old. Best known for Science Fiction, his 500+ books are found in all 10 categories of the Dewey Decimal System.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, January 1, 2023

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Author of “The Catcher in the Rye”, J.D. Salinger, was born on this day in New York City (1919). He first began writing stories as a child “under the covers [at night], with the aid of a flashlight.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, December 31, 2022

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Thomas Edison demonstrated his first incandescent light bulb on this date in 1879. While he didn’t invent it, he did own the company that employed the inventors. After 14 months of testing, 1,200 experiments, and $40,000, he was finally ready for his first public demonstration. He hung strings of lights inside his lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey, and switched them on and off repeatedly, to the awe and delight of his 3,000 spectators. He said, “We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.”

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