Story of Writing August 15, 2023

"The Wizard of Oz" hits the silver screen, Japan's Emperor Hirohito declares surrender, India gains its independence, the Beatles play Shea Stadium, Woodstock opens, the Big Ear has its "Wow!" event, the Murayama Statement formally apologizes for Japanese war crimes during WWII, the birthday club includes Walter Scott, Oscar Peterson, Stanley Milgram, and Stieg Larsson - with a reading from "Mrs. Dalloway," by Virginia Woolf.