almanac command
This page implements the COHERENT almanac command using its original data files.
See also:
almanac manual page
Fred Butzen's original C source almanac.c [7/12/88]
Data files almanac.birth, almanac.death, almanac.event [10/26/94]
Enter a month and day (e.g., "Aug 31"):
BIRTHS:
1908: William Saroyan, playwright & storyteller, Fresno, Calif.
DEATHS:
1688: John Bunyan, au. of "Pilgrim's Progress", Holborn, aged 60.
1867: Charles Baudelaire, poet & critic, Paris, aged 46.
EVENTS:
1946: John Hersey's "Hiroshima" published in the "New Yorker".
1961: Trinidad-Tobago gains independence.
1908: William Saroyan, playwright & storyteller, Fresno, Calif.
DEATHS:
1688: John Bunyan, au. of "Pilgrim's Progress", Holborn, aged 60.
1867: Charles Baudelaire, poet & critic, Paris, aged 46.
EVENTS:
1946: John Hersey's "Hiroshima" published in the "New Yorker".
1961: Trinidad-Tobago gains independence.
