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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, September 27, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, September 27, 2019

It’s the birthday E = mc², Albert Einstein’s equation revealing that matter and energy are fundamentally “different manifestations of the same thing.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, September 26, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, September 26, 2019

It’s the birthday of T.S. Eliot (1888), who in 1948 won the Nobel Prize in literature and admittance to the Order of the British Empire.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, September 25, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Today is the 38th anniversary of Sandra Day O’Connor being sworn in as a United States Supreme Court Justice, and the 230th anniversary of the Bill of Rights.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, September 24, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday, September 24, 2019

It’s the birthday of the creator of Kermit the Frog, Jim Henson (1936), who made the iconic amphibian from his mother’s green coat.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, September 23, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Monday, September 23, 2019

On this day in 1806, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returned to St. Louis, MO from their expedition to the Pacific Ocean.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, September 22, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday, September 22, 2019

It was on this day in 1961 that Congress approved a bill to establish the Peace Corps, and President Kennedy signed it into law.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, September 21, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday, September 21, 2019

Today is the birthday of Stephen King (1947). When asked why he writes, he said, “The answer to that is fairly simple — there was nothing else I was made to do.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, September 20, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Friday, September 20, 2019

It’s the birthday of Upton Sinclair (1878) whose political writings include “The Jungle,” which exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meat industry.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, September 19, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Thursday, September 19, 2019

Today is the 99th birthday of “New Yorker” essayist and editor Roger Angell, who’s been with the publication for 75 years.

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The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, September 18, 2019

The Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday, September 18, 2019

It was on this day in 1851, the first edition of “The New York Times” was published. The paper reached 10,000 in circulation within 10 days.

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