April 14, 1939: John Steinbeck Publishes ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ April 14, 1939: John Steinbeck Publishes ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
"The chapters in which Steinbeck halts the story to editorialize about American life are sometimes useful, but oftener pretentious and flatulent."
Apr 14, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 13, 1919: Eugene V. Debs Is Sent to Prison April 13, 1919: Eugene V. Debs Is Sent to Prison
“How can you punish a man with so compelling a consciousness of the right?”
Apr 13, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 12, 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies April 12, 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies
“To countless millions,” The Nation wrote, “he was America.”
Apr 12, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 11, 1961: Adolf Eichmann’s Trial Begins in Jerusalem April 11, 1961: Adolf Eichmann’s Trial Begins in Jerusalem
“Staggeringly monstrous as Eichmann’s actions have been, there were causes for those actions and they can be comprehended.”
Apr 11, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 10, 1866: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Is Founded April 10, 1866: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Is Founded
Utilitarian arguments for animal rights in The Nation from the year the ASPCA was founded.
Apr 10, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 9, 1992: Manuel Noriega Is Convicted in a US Court April 9, 1992: Manuel Noriega Is Convicted in a US Court
“Should he spend the rest of his days in prison, justice will, in a sense, have been served. It should, however, have been left up to the Panamanians to make that decision.&r...
Apr 9, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 8, 1935: FDR Forms the Works Progress Administration April 8, 1935: FDR Forms the Works Progress Administration
“Through WPA the unemployed have redeemed the idea of work relief; the ‘boondogglers’ have made good.”
Apr 8, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 7, 1994: The Rwandan Genocide Begins April 7, 1994: The Rwandan Genocide Begins
“Uganda denies it, Egypt and South Africa will not comment, and France has yet to fully disclose its role.”
Apr 7, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 6, 1896: The First Modern Olympics Open in Athens April 6, 1896: The First Modern Olympics Open in Athens
The Games arrived, The Nation reported, “at a time when the frivolous policy of the best of Greek statesmen has landed the Greek kingdom in the slough of bankruptcy, and done the w...
Apr 6, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 5, 1992: The Siege of Sarajevo Begins April 5, 1992: The Siege of Sarajevo Begins
"The shared experience of being, along with the city’s inhabitants, a sort of dead man on leave," Christopher Hitchens wrote, "makes for leveling of the more j...
Apr 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac