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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, February 16, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, February 16, 2020

It’s the birthday of the printer Giambattista Bodoni (Italy, 1740), namesake of the popular typeface Bodoni. He personally designed around 300 typefaces.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, February 15, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, February 15, 2020

Today is the 200th birthday of Susan B. Anthony, a pioneer in the women’s suffrage movement. In 1920, 14 years after her death, the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, February 14, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, February 14, 2020

Today is Saint Valentine’s Day, named for a Roman priest who performed clandestine weddings in defiance of Emperor Claudius II’s law forbidding marriage.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, February 13, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, February 13, 2020

To get you in the mood for Valentine’s Day, today we feature love stories from fiction and history, from John & Abigail Adams to Romeo & Juliet.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, February 12, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, February 12, 2020

On this day in 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, and Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire, England.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, February 11, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, February 11, 2020

It’s the birthday of Thomas Edison (Ohio, 1847), who amassed 1,093 patents for inventions including the phonograph, the light bulb, and the movie camera.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, February 10, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, February 10, 2020

Today is the 50th birthday of Åsne Seierstad, the Norwegian journalist and author of “The Bookseller of Kabul.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, February 9, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, February 9, 2020

On this day in 1964, the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, as studio audience members screamed and 73 million people watched from home.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, February 8, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, February 8, 2020

It’s the 96th birthday of translator and poet Lisel Mueller (1924), who said, “There is a double satisfaction in being someone else and still being myself.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, February 7, 2020

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, February 7, 2020

It’s the birthday of Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), who was 65 years old when she published “Little House in the Big Woods.” It sold very well despite being published during the Depression.

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