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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, March 11, 2020

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On this day in 1918, the first cases of the influenza pandemic were reported in the U.S. when 107 soldiers got sick at Fort Riley, Kansas.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, March 10, 2020

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Harriet Tubman died on this day in 1913. Over 10 years and at least 13 trips, Harriet Tubman led some 300 souls out of slavery into freedom in Canada.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, March 9, 2020

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Today is the birthday of Vita Sackville-West (1892), who said, “It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by.”

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, March 8, 2020

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It’s the 60th birthday of Jeffery Eugenides, author of “The Virgin Suicides” (1993) and “Middlesex” (2002), both of which employ unique grammatical points of view.

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, March 7, 2020

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It’s the anniversary of the first March from Selma to Montgomery (1965). Footage of policemen attacking the marchers helped shift public opinion on the civil rights movement.

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, March 6, 2020

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It’s the birthday of writer Gabriel García Márquez (Aracataca, Colombia, 1927) and of poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Durham, England, 1806).

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, March 5, 2020

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It’s the 250th anniversary of the Boston Massacre, during which colonists taunted and threw ice and oysters at British soldiers, who responded with muskets.

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, March 4, 2020

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On this day in 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated. He brought with him Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, who enacted important progressive policies.

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, March 3, 2020

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It was on this day in 1931 that “The Star-Spangled Banner” became the official national anthem of the United States.

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, March 2, 2020

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Today is the birthday of the children’s author who wrote, “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss (1904).

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