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The Writer’s Almanac for September 15, 2018

Posted on September 15, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1835 that the passengers and crew of the HMS Beagle, including 26-year-old Charles Darwin, reached the Galapagos Islands.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 14, 2018

Posted on September 14, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

George Frideric Handel completed the Messiah oratorio on this date in 1741. It was originally written for the Easter season, but became a Christmastime favorite.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 13, 2018

Posted on September 13, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

On this date in 1848, railroad worker Phineas Gage survived having an iron rod driven through his skull. His friends noticed dramatic changes in his personality, and Gage became a famous patient in neuroscience.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 12, 2018

Posted on September 12, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of publisher Alfred A. Knopf, born in New York City in 1892. He started his own publishing house when he was 23 years old.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 11, 2018

Posted on September 11, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

The Hope Diamond was stolen on this date in 1792 during the French Revolution. Rumored to be cursed, it now lives in the National Museum of Natural History in the United States.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 10, 2018

Posted on September 10, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of poet Mary Oliver, who said of her career in art: “I was very careful never to take an interesting job…if you have an interesting job you get interested in it.”

The Writer’s Almanac for September 9, 2018

Posted on September 9, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1830 that the first American aeronaut, a man named Charles Durant, completed his first balloon flight. The flight took about three hours, and he landed in a farm field, surprising a New Jersey farmer by the name of Johnson.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 8, 2018

Posted on September 8, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1504 that Michelangelo unveiled his sculpture David. Two other sculptors had tried and failed to finish the sculpture before the 26-year-old Michelangelo accepted the commission.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 7, 2018

Posted on September 7, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day that the poet Guillaume Apollinaire was wrongfully thrown into jail in Paris on charges of stealing the Mona Lisa, which had gone missing from the Louvre two and a half weeks earlier.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 6, 2018

Posted on September 6, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of Alice Sebold, author of the best-selling novel The Lovely Bones.

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