The Date-A-Base Book 2009


Over 1,200 anniversaries that will occur
between January and December 2009, including births, deaths and significant historic events



The ideal reference book for ...

Writers
Journalists
Film-makers
Editors
TV and radio producers
Researchers
Teachers
Students
Speakers
Event planners

Dave and Kate Haslett

Dave and Kate Haslett
editors and publishers

What's in it?

Over 1,200 forthcoming historic anniversaries occurring during 2009
Covers the entire year, January to December 2009 - over 100 entries per month
Anniversaries are listed months in advance so you have time to write about them before they happen
Specially formatted for ease of use
Every entry has been cross-checked with Encyclopaedia Britannica and other official sources for complete accuracy


Why you need this book

The Date-A-Base Book 2009 is a fantastic source of writing ideas, programme ideas, and event ideas.

We've collected events and anniversaries from many different sources, and you'll find entries in this book that aren't generally available elsewhere, but are still significant and worth writing about.

That gives you a big advantage over other writers who don't know about them.

You can instantly see which significant anniversaries will occur during each month, quickly mark the ones you want to write about, then get straight on with your writing.

The entries in the Date-A-Base Book 2009 are listed months in advance, giving you plenty of time to research and write about them, and get your finished work onto editors' desks well before the publication deadline - and ahead of everyone else. That gives you a huge advantage over other writers!


What you can use it for

The Date-A-Base Book 2009 is suitable for writing in any format:

magazine articles
newspaper articles
TV and radio features
short stories
novels
non-fiction books
screenplays
poems

You can also use it for:

event planning
speeches
education and training ideas
advertising features
and much more

And you don't have to use each item only once; you could turn each one into many different pieces of writing, or adapt a single article for several different markets.

Just one single article sale will pay for your copy of The Date-A-Base Book 2009 many times over.


Tell me more

If you're familiar with the monthly date-a-base lists on the ideas4writers website and blog then you'll know exactly what to expect. This book not only covers the entire year 2009, it also expands on our standard lists, with over 100 entries per month instead of the usual 40 or 50.

If you've never seen the date-a-base before, take a look at the sample chapter (see below) and you'll soon see what it's all about - and how useful this book will be to you.


Sample chapter

The sample chapter below contains a full month's worth of information, exactly as in the book. The book covers the whole of 2009, from January to December.

JANUARY 2009

Ann.
Date
Event
800
6 Jan 1209
Birth of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans
500
25 Jan 1509
Birth of Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal. One of the greatest diplomats of the Protestant Reformation
400
21 Jan 1609
Death of Joseph Justus Scaliger, French-born Dutch scholar who expanded the concept of classical history to include Persian, Babylonian, Jewish and Ancient Egyptian history as well as Greek and Roman
250
15 Jan 1759
The British Museum opened at Montagu House, Bloomsbury, London.
(Demolished in 1842, but the present museum stands on the same site)
250
25 Jan 1759
Birth of Robert Burns, Scottish poet
200
4 Jan 1809
Birth of Louis Braille, French inventor of Braille, a writing and printing system for the blind and visually impaired
200
15 Jan 1809
Birth of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher, the first anarchist
200
16 Jan 1809
Peninsular War: the Battle of Corunna, northern Spain. The British, commanded by Sir John Moore, defeated Nicolas Soult's French troops
200
19 Jan 1809
Birth of Edgar Allan Poe, American writer, poet, editor and literary critic
175
29 Jan 1834
US federal troops were used to suppress a labour dispute for the first time
150
9 Jan 1859
Birth of Carrie Chapman Catt, American women's rights leader
150
11 Jan 1859
Birth of George Curzon, British statesman, Viceroy of India
150
27 Jan 1859
Birth of Kaiser Wilhelm II (William II), German Emperor, King of Prussia
150
28 Jan 1859
Death of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, British Prime Minister (1827-28)
150
30 Jan 1859
Birth of Edward Martyn, Irish dramatist and political activist, co-founder of the Irish Literary Theatre, first President of Sinn Féin
125
4 Jan 1884
The socialist Fabian Society was founded in London
125
18 Jan 1884
Welsh doctor William Price cremated the body of his infant son, Jesus Christ Price, setting a legal precedent for cremation in the UK
100
1 Jan 1909
The first old-age pensions were paid in Britain
100
1 Jan 1909
Birth of Dana Andrews, American actor
100
3 Jan 1909
Birth of Victor Borge, Danish-born American comedian, entertainer and pianist, 'the Clown Prince of Denmark'
100
5 Jan 1909
Panama's independence was recognised by Colombia
100
5 Jan 1909
Birth of Stephen Kleene, American mathematician who developed recursion theory, a key foundation of computer science
100
8 Jan 1909
Birth of José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor and film director (Note: some sources give his year of birth as 1912, but we believe 1909 is correct)
100
8 Jan 1909
Birth of Evelyn Wood, American speed-reading pioneer
100
12 Jan 1909
Death of Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician who developed the geometrical theory of numbers and created the concept of space-time
100
14 Jan 1909
Birth of Joseph Losey, American film director
100
15 Jan 1909
Birth of Gene Krupa, American jazz drummer
100
16 Jan 1909
Birth of Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (She claimed that this was her date of birth, but was actually born in 1908)
100
22 Jan 1909
Birth of U. Thant, Burmese diplomat, 3rd Secretary General of the UN
100
23 Jan 1909
The White Star Liner 'RMS Republic' sank off the coast of Nantucket. Over 1,500 people were saved thanks to Marconi's new wireless telegraph, which was used to call for assistance
100
27 Jan 1909
The Young Left (also called the Young Liberals) was founded in Norway
100
28 Jan 1909
The USA ended direct control of Cuba. US troops left Cuba for the first time since the beginning of the Spanish-American War
90
5 Jan 1919
The German Workers' Party was founded in Munich. It was later renamed the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party)
90
11 Jan 1919
Transylvania was formally incorporated into Romania
90
16 Jan 1919
Prohibition: 36 US states ratified the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, outlawing the manufacture, transport and sale of alcoholic beverages from 16th January 1920
90
18 Jan 1919
World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opened in Versailles, France
90
21 Jan 1919
Thirty Sinn Féin MPs (Members of Parliament) elected to the British Parliament assembled in Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic
80
2 Jan 1929
The USA and Canada signed a treaty to preserve Niagara Falls. This limited the amount of water that could be diverted to hydro-electric power stations during daylight hours, to maintain a spectacle for tourists
80
6 Jan 1929
Mother Teresa arrived in Calcutta to begin working with the poor and sick
80
10 Jan 1929
Comic book character 'Tintin' first appeared in Le XXme Siecle newspaper, Brussels, Belgium
80
13 Jan 1929
Death of Wyatt Earp, legendary frontiersman of the American West
80
17 Jan 1929
Cartoon character 'Popeye the Sailor Man' first appeared in Elzie Crisler Segar's 'Thimble Theatre' comic strip, syndicated throughout the USA
80
18 Jan 1929
The Soviet Union expelled Leon Trotsky, who went into exile in Turkey
80
29 Jan 1929
The Seeing Eye organisation was founded in Nashville, Tennessee, to train guide dogs for the blind
75
1 Jan 1934
Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, USA became a federal prison
75
8 Jan 1934
Birth of Roy Kinnear, British actor
75
26 Jan 1934
The Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York, re-opened and began accepting black performers for the first time. It became famous for launching the careers of many popular singers and entertainers
75
29 Jan 1934
Death of Fritz Haber, German chemist who won the Nobel Prize for developing synthetic ammonia. He is also known as the 'father of chemical warfare' for his work on poisonous gases during World War I
75
30 Jan 1934
Death of Frank Doubleday, American publisher
60
1 Jan 1949
The British Nationality Act came into effect. It established the status of 'Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies', and granted those citizens the right to enter and live in the United Kingdom
60
1 Jan 1949
The undeclared war between India and Pakistan ended when the United Nations negotiated a cease-fire in Kashmir
60
9 Jan 1949
Death of Tommy Handley, British radio comedian ('ITMA')
60
14 Jan 1949
Death of Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer
60
25 Jan 1949
The first Israeli election was held. David Ben-Gurion became the country's first Prime Minister
60
25 Jan 1949
The first Emmy Awards were presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club
50
1 Jan 1959
Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba, overthrowing Fulgencio Batista
50
1 Jan 1959
Cultivars of plants (those created by selective breeding) named after this date must be named in a modern language, not in Latin, to avoid confusing them with natural botanical species
50
2 Jan 1959
The Soviet Union launched Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon
50
3 Jan 1959
Alaska became the 49th state of the USA
50
8 Jan 1959
Charles De Gaulle was inaugurated as President of France
50
12 Jan 1959
The Motown record label was founded in Detroit, Michigan by Berry Gordy (Note: at that time it was known as Tamla Records)
50
17 Jan 1959
Senegal and the French Sudan joined to form the Federal State of Mali
50
21 Jan 1959
Death of Cecil B. DeMille, American film director and producer
50
22 Jan 1959
Death of Mike Hawthorn, British world champion racing driver, crashed while driving on the Guildford bypass
50
25 Jan 1959
American Airlines launched the first regular transcontinental jet service in the USA. Their Boeing 707s flew non-stop between New York and LA
50
29 Jan 1959
Walt Disney's animated feature film 'Sleeping Beauty' was released
40
2 Jan 1969
Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch bought Britain's 'News of the World' newspaper - his first Fleet Street newspaper
40
11 Jan 1969
Death of Richmal Crompton, British writer ('Just William')
40
14 Jan 1969
Sir Matt Busby announced his retirement as manager of Manchester United Football Club
40
20 Jan 1969
Richard Nixon was inaugurated as the 37th President of the United States
40
30 Jan 1969
The Beatles gave their last public performance, on the roof of Apple Studios in London
30
1 Jan 1979
The USA and China formally established diplomatic relations. Celebrations were held in Washington and Beijing
30
2 Jan 1979
British punk rock star Sid Vicious went on trial in New York, charged with murdering his girlfriend Nancy Spungen
30
3 Jan 1979
Death of Conrad Hilton, American hotelier who founded Hilton Hotels
30
5 Jan 1979
Death of Charlie Mingus, American jazz bassist, composer & bandleader
30
7 Jan 1979
Vietnamese troops captured the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, overthrowing Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge government
30
16 Jan 1979
The Shah of Iran fled to Egypt with his family and went into exile
30
26 Jan 1979
Death of Nelson Rockefeller, 41st Vice-President of the United States
25
1 Jan 1984
American communications giant AT&T Bell was broken up into 22 separate companies under the terms of an antitrust agreement
25
1 Jan 1984
Brunei became independent from the UK
25
1 Jan 1984
Death of Alexis Korner, British blues musician
25
7 Jan 1984
Death of Alfred Kastler, French physicist, won the Nobel Prize for his work on stimulating atoms, which later led to the development of lasers
25
10 Jan 1984
The USA and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations after a break of more than 100 years
25
10 Jan 1984
The USA and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations after a break of more than 100 years
25
14 Jan 1984
Death of Ray Kroc, American fast-food pioneer (McDonalds)
25
17 Jan 1984
The US Supreme Court ruled that the private use of video cassette recorders (VCRs) to record TV programmes did not break copyright laws
25
20 Jan 1984
Death of Johnny Weissmuller, American swimming champion and actor
25
21 Jan 1984
Death of Jackie Wilson, American soul and R&B singer
25
24 Jan 1984
The first Apple Macintosh computer went on sale
20
1 Jan 1989
The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer came into force
20
7 Jan 1989
Death of Emperor Hirohito of Japan
20
20 Jan 1989
George H.W Bush was inaugurated as the 41st President of the United States
20
23 Jan 1989
Death of Salvador Dali, Spanish surrealist artist
20
24 Jan 1989
Death of Ted Bundy, American serial killer, executed by electric chair
20
27 Jan 1989
Death of Thomas Sopwith, pioneering British aircraft designer whose company produced key World War I aircraft, including the Sopwith Camel
15
11 Jan 1994
The Irish Government lifted the 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and Sinn Féin. (The ban was also lifted in the UK in September of that year)
15
14 Jan 1994
US President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed the Kremlin Accords, agreeing to stop pre-targeting nuclear missiles at any nation and to dismantle Russia's nuclear weapons in the Ukraine
15
14 Jan 1994
Britain's Duchess of Kent converted to Catholicism - the first member of the royal family to do so for more than 300 years
15
17 Jan 1994
The Los Angeles earthquake killed 72 people, injured 11,000, and caused $12.5 billion worth of damage
15
21 Jan 1994
A jury in Virginia, USA acquitted Lorena Bobbitt of unlawfully wounding her husband, John, on the grounds of temporary insanity. She had severed his penis and thrown it from a car window after he assaulted her
15
25 Jan 1994
American pop singer Michael Jackson settled a civil lawsuit for child molestation, paying an undisclosed amount to his accuser
10
1 Jan 1999
The euro officially became the new currency in 11 European countries
10
3 Jan 1999
NASA launched the ill-fated Mars Polar Lander (crashed on Mars)
10
7 Jan 1999
US President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial began. He was charged with lying under oath and obstructing the course of justice
10
12 Jan 1999
US President Bill Clinton paid Paula Jones $850,000 under an agreement made in Nov 1998 to officially end the sexual harassment case against him
10
25 Jan 1999
An earthquake in Armenia, Colombia killed 1,200 people & injured 5,000
10
25 Jan 1999
Death of Robert Shaw, American conductor

My head is buzzing with ideas after seeing that, and I'm sure yours must be too - and that's just January!
Buy The Date-A-Base Book 2009 now and you'll get the lists for February to December as well.
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About the authors

Dave and Kate Haslett founded ideas4writers.co.uk (the ideas and inspiration website) in 2002 and launched i4w2 (the award-winning ethical publishing service) in 2006.

Dave is the creative and technical director of ideas4writers and has been writing since the age of 13. He is the author of The Fastest Way to Write Your Book, available from this website, as well as novels, non-fiction books, screenplays, over 200 articles, short stories, reviews, poetry, and a monthly column. He is currently working on several new books for writers. He also looks after the website and does all the technical and designing bits.

Kate is the administrative director of ideas4writers, and was heavily involved in compiling and cross-checking the 1,200 entries in this book. Her regular duties involve proofreading, customer liaison, book-keeping, and processing the orders.

Dave and Kate have two daughters, and live in Devon, England.

 

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