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The Writer’s Almanac for June 7, 2018

The Writer’s Almanac for June 7, 2018

Posted on June 7, 2018 -

And here is the Writer’s Almanac for Thursday. It’s the 7th of June, 2018. It’s the birthday of the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, the birthday of Minnesotan novelist Louise Erdrich, and the birthday of linguist Deborah Tannen.

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The Writer’s Almanac for June 6, 2018

The Writer’s Almanac for June 6, 2018

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And here is the Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday. It’s the 6th of June, 2018. On this day in 1949, George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was published. It begins with the famous line, “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”

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The Writer’s Almanac for June 5, 2018

The Writer’s Almanac for June 5, 2018

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And here is the Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday. It’s the 5th of June, 2018. It’s the birthday of Frederico García Lorca and the birthday of Suze Orman. It is also the anniversary of the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968.

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The Writer’s Almanac for June 4, 2018

The Writer’s Almanac for June 4, 2018

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And here is the Writer’s Almanac for Monday. It’s the 4th of June, 2018. On this day in 1876, an express train named the Transcontinental Express arrived in San Francisco, just 89 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City. It is also the anniversary of Congress’s proposal of the 19th Amendment.

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The Writer’s Almanac for June 3, 2018

The Writer’s Almanac for June 3, 2018

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And here is The Writer’s Almanac for Sunday. It’s the 3rd of June, 2018. It’s the birthday of Allen Ginsberg, born Newark, New Jersey, 1926. When he was 17, Ginsberg was introduced to Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs.

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The Writer’s Almanac for June 2, 2018

The Writer’s Almanac for June 2, 2018

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And here is The Writer’s Almanac for Saturday. It’s the 2nd of June, 2018. It’s the birthday of novelist Barbara Pym, born in Oswestry, England, 1913.

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The Writer’s Almanac for June 1, 2018

The Writer’s Almanac for June 1, 2018

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And here is The Writer’s Almanac for Friday. It’s the 1st of June, 2018, the birthday of Dante Alighieri, born in Florence, Italy, in 1265–at least we think so; nobody knows for sure.

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The Writer’s Almanac for May 31, 2018

The Writer’s Almanac for May 31, 2018

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And here is the Writer’s Almanac for Thursday. It’s the 31st of May, 2018. It was on this day, 1790, Congress enacted the United States Copyright Law.

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The Writer’s Almanac for May 30, 2018

The Writer’s Almanac for May 30, 2018

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And here is the Writer’s Almanac for Wednesday. It’s the 30th of May, 2018. It was on this day in 1431 that Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.

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The Writer’s Almanac for May 29, 2018

The Writer’s Almanac for May 29, 2018

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And here is the Writer’s Almanac for Tuesday. It’s the 29th of May, 2018. It’s the anniversary of one of the most legendary moments in modern art…the premiere of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.

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