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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Posted on April 12, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of writer Beverly Cleary (1916), the creator of Ramona Quimby, an irascible, imaginative, feisty little girl who continues to transfix children more than 60 years after first appearing in the book Henry Huggins (1950).

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Posted on April 11, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1945 the U.S. Army liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany, a camp that was judged second only to Auschwitz in the horrors it imposed on its prisoners.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, April 10, 2023

Posted on April 10, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of writer Anne Lamott, born in San Francisco (1954). Her parents were ardent supporters of social justice and civil rights, and they raised her to be an activist.

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, April 9, 2023

Posted on April 9, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, April 8, 2023

Posted on April 8, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Harvey Cushing scientist and “father of neurosurgery,” born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1869. Cushing pioneered the use of X-rays in the diagnosis of brain tumors and developed methods to improve patient survival after major brain operations.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, April 7, 2023

Posted on April 7, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of American jazz legend Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia (1915). Her voice and music remain unmatched. She was awarded four posthumous Grammys, and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday April 6, 2023

Posted on April 6, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

Today in 1748, excavations began to unearth the doomed city of Pompeii, where nearly 11,000 people were killed in place and buried under 80 feet of ash by the sudden eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Posted on April 5, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of American pediatrician and microbiologist Hattie Alexander was born in Baltimore (1901). Alexander would go on to develop a new serum to effectively treat the deadly childhood illness influenzal meningitis, also known as Hib.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Posted on April 4, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

On this day in 1832, Charles Darwin traveling aboard the HMS Beagle landed on the shores of Rio de Janeiro as part of a five-year trip. His Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection, which emerged as a result of his journey on the Beagle.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, April 3, 2023

Posted on April 3, 2023 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of Dr. Jane Goodall (1934), famed British primatologist who revealed the previously unknown social behaviors of chimpanzees by living for years among them. Goodall once said. “You never know who it’s going to be, or what they’re going to do. But as long as I do it, it keeps happening. So you can see why I can’t very well stop.”

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