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• Story of Writing December 14, 2025

  Under-sea cables connect the U.S. to the world, the U.N. adopts its Convention against Discrimination in Education, and the birthday club includes Anne Conway and Shirley Jackson - with a reading from Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist."

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• Story of Writing December 13, 2025

  The forerunner of the U.S. National Guard is founded, the Rape of Nanjing begins, and the birthday club includes Jean Gerson and Taylor Swift - with a reading from Jane Austen's "Persuasion."

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• Story of Writing December 12, 2025

  The Paris Agreement on climate change is adopted and it is the birthday of Gustave Flaubert - with a reading from his landmark novel "Madame Bovary."

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• Story of Writing December 11, 2025

  Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S. and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the use of a COVID-19 vaccine. The birthday club includes Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Jim Harrison - with a reading from Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago."

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• Story of Writing December 10, 2025

  Encyclopedia Britannica publishes its first edition and the birthday club includes William Lloyd Garrison, Emily Dickinson, and Melvil Dewey - with a reading of Dickinson's "Hope is the thing with feathers."

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