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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.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 5, 2018

Posted on September 5, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1957 that Jack Kerouac published On the Road, which told the story of Kerouac’s & his friend Neal Cassady’s hitchhiking adventures from 10 years before.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 4, 2018

Posted on September 4, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

Twenty years ago on this day, Google was incorporated as a company. In June of 2006, just under eight years after that, “Google” was added to the Oxford English Dictionary as a verb.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 3, 2018

Posted on September 3, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

Today is Labor Day, a national holiday created by President Grover Cleveland in 1894 to appease an angry workforce after he’d sent 12,000 federal troops to break up the Pullman Strike.

The Writer’s Almanac for September 2, 2018

Posted on September 2, 2018 - Writer's Almanac

It was on this day in 1901 that Theodore Roosevelt uttered his famous words “Speak softly and carry a big stick”––at where else but the Minnesota State Fair.

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