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The Writer’s Almanac for February 17, 2019

Posted on February 17, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1913 that the Armory Show opened in New York City, the first comprehensive exhibition of modern art in this country. The exhibit featured works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marcel Duchamp, and more.

The Writer’s Almanac for February 16, 2019

Posted on February 16, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

On this date in 1937, Wallace Carothers and DuPont Chemical Company were granted a patent for the synthetic polymer called nylon.

The Writer’s Almanac for February 15, 2019

Posted on February 15, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

On this date in 2001, a working draft of the human genome was published. Scientists had expected to find that humans had more than 100,000 genes, but we have only about 20,000.

The Writer’s Almanac for February 14, 2019

Posted on February 14, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

For Valentine’s Day, a few excerpts of love letters from famous authors, and a poem by Connie Wanek, “First Love.”

The Writer’s Almanac for February 13, 2019

Posted on February 13, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

Today is the birthday of American religious historian Elaine Pagels (1943), whose work “The Gnostic Gospels” was named one of the best 100 books of the 20th century.

The Writer’s Almanac for February 12, 2019

Posted on February 12, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were both born this day in 1809. Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” (1859) came out the year before Lincoln was elected president.

The Writer’s Almanac for February 11, 2019

Posted on February 11, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1990 that Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Verster Prison, outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years behind bars.

The Writer’s Almanac for February 10, 2019

Posted on February 10, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It’s the birthday of playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht (1898), who said, “Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it.”

The Writer’s Almanac for February 9, 2019

Posted on February 9, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

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

The Writer’s Almanac for February 8, 2019

Posted on February 8, 2019 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1910 that the Boy Scouts of America was incorporated as a youth organization in the United States.

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