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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, June 6, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, June 6, 2020

It was on this day in 1933 that the first drive-in movie theater opened, in Camden, New Jersey, bringing a little fun to the tough daily life of the Depression era.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, June 5, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, June 5, 2020

On this day in 1851, the first words of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe were published, spreading the abolitionist cause to a newly receptive public.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, June 4, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, June 4, 2020

It’s the 80th anniversary of the end of the Allied evacuation from Dunkirk, during which civilians answered the call to rescue Allied troops from the French seaport.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, June 3, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, June 3, 2020

It’s the birthday of historical romance writer Kathleen Woodiwiss (1939-2007), who wrote her first novel secretly on a typewriter that she’d gifted to her husband.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, June 2, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, June 2, 2020

It was on this day in 1865 that the Civil War came to a formal end. The war took 620,000 American lives.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, June 1, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, June 1, 2020

It’s the birthday of Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), who said, “I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, May 31, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, May 31, 2020

It’s the birthday of poet Walt Whitman (1819), who was once fired from a job at the Department of the Interior for being a “very bad man” and a “free lover.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, May 30, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, May 30, 2020

It was on this day in 1431 that Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France at the age of 19. About 500 years later, she was canonized as a Catholic saint.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, May 29, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, May 29, 2020

It was on this day in 1913 that the world premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s “Le Sacre du printemps” caused a riot at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, May 28, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, May 28, 2020

“When you meet somebody who is more important to you than yourself, that has to be the most important thing in life, really.” –Maeve Binchy, born this day in 1940

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