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Strong forward planning will greatly improve your chances with freelance
submissions. Here are some themes to consider for the coming months.An outbreak of bubonic plague – the first in
US history – started in February 1900 in San
Francisco’s Chinatown. The epidemic, which
claimed 119 lives, ended in 1904.72 NOVEMBER 2019 http://www.writers-online.co.uk
Actor David Jason was
born on 2 February.Night of the Living Day director George A
Romero was born on 4 February. He died
in 2017.Walt Disney’s second animated film Pinocchio
premiered on 7 February.Nobel Prize-winning
South African novelist
JM Coetzee was born
on 9 February.The animated short Tom and Jerry films by
William Hanna and Joseph Barbera debuted
on 10 February.Singer Smokey Robinson was born on 19 FebruaryActor Peter Fonda was born on 23 February.
He died in August 2019.On 29 February, Hattie McDaniel became the
first African-American woman
to win an Oscar for her role in
Gone With the Wind – the film
won a total of eight Oscars at
the 12th Academy Awards.Singer Natalie Cole was born on 6 February. She died in 2015.The US senator Joseph McCarthy accused 205 State Department employees of
being Communist on 12 February, giving rise to the largest witchhunt in modern
history and a label, McCarthyism, that endures to describe accusing someone of
subversive activity without regard for evidence.Walt Disney’s animated film Cinderella premiered on 15 February.Actor Julie Walters was born on 22 February.70 years ago 1950
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Comedian and raconteur Frank Muir was
born on February 5 1920. He died in 1998.Actor Robert Wagner
(Number Two in
the Austin Powers
trilogy) was born on
10 February 1930.Crime writer Ruth
Rendell was born on
17 February. She died
in 2015.Art critic and nun
Sister Wendy Beckett
was born on 25
February. She died in
2018.All pics CC BY-S.A: Ruth Rendell, Tim Duncan; George A Romero, Nicholas Genin; JM Coetzee, Maruisz Kubik; Smokey Robinson, Gage Skidmore; Peter Fonda, Glenn Francis; NatalieCole, dbking; Holly Johnson, Florian Hoffmann; Greta Scacchi, Elena Torre; JazColeman, Marc Grushwitz; Simon Pegg, Mingle MediaTV; Jo Swinson, Chris McAndrew; Chelsea Manning, Tim Travers Hawkinsborn on February 5 1920. He died in 1998.Actor Robert Wagner
(Number Two in
the Austin PowersArt critic and nun
Sister Wendy Beckett
was born on 25Rendell was born onin 2015.80 years ago
Actor David Jason was
born on 2 February.premiered on 7 February.
On 29 February, Hattie McDaniel became the
first African-American woman
to win an Oscar for her role in- the film
won a total of eight Oscars at
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history and a label, McCarthyism, that endures to describe accusing someone of