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19th October 1953: Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 first published

19th October 2020
Tagged as: America, Books, Censorship, Culture, Literature, Publishing, United States, USA

Set in the distant future where books are outlawed, the story focuses on Guy Montag whose job as a fireman sees him burn houses that are found to contain books.

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22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published

22nd September 2020
Tagged as: Culture, Geography, Literature, Magazine, Publishing, Science

The first edition of the National Geographic Magazine was published by the National Geographic Society.

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19th October 1953: Ray Bradbury’s dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 first published

22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published

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22nd September 1888: First edition of National Geographic Magazine published

4th August 221: The death of Lady Zhen of the Three Kingdoms

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

16th January 1919: Nebraska becomes the vital 36th of the 48 states to approve prohibition in the 18th Amendment

27th February 1973: Oglala Lakota and members of the American Indian Movement occupied Wounded Knee

26th February 1917: The Original Dixieland ‘Jass’ Band makes the first commercially released jazz recording

25th February 1870: Hiram Rhodes Revels becomes the first African-American U.S. Senator

24th February 1848: King Louis Philippe of France abdicates

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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