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