The CHIEF October 2017

September Dates with History By Kaelee Germain

September being the second official month of our long school year, many of us are starting to feel the drag of a normal conundrum of school life. While English class may seem boring, there are a few dates in history this month that won’t make it so. Below are a few keyed in dates that will be sure to educate you for an upcoming test or to impress even the most grueling Rhet teachers, *cough,cough* Ms. Babb. 1) The New York Sun was created September 3, 1833. The paper coined the term “Penny Press” and was the start of the news paper boy stereotype. 2) William Golding was born September 19, 1911. Being the author of The Lord of the Flies, the Brit had an extensive career and even won the Nobel Prize in 1983. 3) Walter Lippmann was born September 23, 1889. Lippmann in his truest form was a political journalist. He didn’t bash on the world around him, he analyzed it. Lippmann inspired Woodrow Wilson with his work to the point of being asked by the president to take a role in the negotiations in the Treaty of Versailles. In his career he also won two Pulitzer Prizes for “Today and Tomorrow.” 4) On September 24, 1896, F. Scott. Fitzgerald was born. The famed poet/writer wrote The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night. 5) September 25, 1690, the first Colonial newspaper was created in Boston Massachusetts. The name was Publick Occurrences both Foreign and Domestic. The newspaper was considered to be too risky and opinionated so the British government shut it down. 6) T.S Eliot was born September 26, 1888. One of his most intriguing poems is “The Hollow Men” which includes the famous line “This is the way the world ends, not with a bang, but a whimper.” 7) Truman Capote was born September 30, 1924. The American author went on to write In Cold Blood and Breakfast At Tiffany’s.

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