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Inspiration
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| 1st August 1834 |
The British Empire decided to abolish slavery. |
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3rd August 1958 |
USS Nautilus, the first nuclear powered submarine, makes the first submerged crossing of the North Pole. |
| 4th August 1944 |
Diarist Anne Frank is arrested by Nazi officers in the annex in Amsterdam which she and four other have been using as a hideout for two years. |
| 5th August 1962 |
Marylin Monroe, best known for films such as ‘Some like it hot’, is found dead following an overdose of barbiturates. |
| 6th August 1945 |
Hiroshima, Japan sees the first use of an atomic bomb by the USA against civilians killing tens of thousands instantly. |
| 7th August 1941 |
Nobel prize winning Indian author and icon of Bengali culture, Rabindranath Tagore, dies at the age of 80. |
| 9th August 1945 |
The second atomic bomb used against civilians is dropped by the USA on Nagasaki, Japan. |
| 11th August 1919 |
Scotsman Andrew Carnegie dies at the age of 84 leaving behind enormous wealth to be used to carry on his tradition of philanthropic deeds. |
| 13th August 1876 |
Wagner’s opera in four parts, Der Ring des Nibelungen, premiers in the purpose-built Bayreuth Festspielhaus. |
| 15th August 1969 |
Upstate New York sees the opening of one of the greatest rock festivals of all time, Woodstock. |
| 16th August 1958 |
One of the most successful American female singers of all time, Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, better known simply as Madonna, is born in Bay City, Michigan. |
| 17th August 1896 |
The Klondike Gold Rush is instigated by the discovery of gold in Bonanza Creek, western Canada. |
| 19th August 1883 |
French fashion designer Coco Chanel, best known for her Chanel No5 perfume, is born in Maine-et-Loire, France. |
| 22nd August 1862 |
Claude Debussy, composer of well known operas and classical pieces such as Pelléas et Mélisande and String Quartet in G minor is born in St-Germaine-en-Laye, France. |
| 23rd August 1305 |
William Wallace, popularly known as Braveheart, is executed as a traitor against Edward I in London. |
| 24th August 79 AD |
Pompeii, is destroyed and buried by an eruption from Mt Versuvius and is not rediscovered until 1500 years later. |
| 28th August 1947 |
Manolete, the great Spanish bullfighter, dies in the ring at Linares after being gored by a bull. |
| 30th August 30 BC |
The last member of the Ptolemaic dynasty to rule Egypt, Cleopatra, commits suicide after hearing that Octavian intends to exhibit her in Rome as part of his spoils of war. |
| 31st August 1962 |
Trinidad and Tobago gains its independence from Britain. |
So, that’s it for this month. I hope you found some nugget of usefulness in this issue and as a way of adding a bit of fun to your day have a go at this game Entangled for some brain teasing distraction.
Next month's issue features expert advice from Heather Cooke, where she shows how using vivid sensory detail can breathe life into both fiction and non-fiction, including travel writing: You Know It Makes Sense! Top Tips covers the best way to approach editors and the usual mix of useful websites and helpful tips should help ease the wheels of creativity for you.
If you found something of use to you in this issue please pass the word on to all your writer friends – and even those who don’t! You never know, you might inspire them to take it up. They can sign up here.
Shelley x
P.S If there are any of our overseas readers who would like me to promote literary events in their country, please let me know and I will do my best to mention them.
As usual, if you've any suggestions or would like to comment on anything you have read then please contact me at: ezeewriter@writersbureau.com
Don’t forget our 20th Anniversary Competition and Student of the Year award winners are now available to view on our website by clicking here.
