🎂 Storyteller Zora Neale Hurston is born (1891)
Where: Notasulga, Alabama, USA
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📅 On This Day: January 7
January 7, 1891: Storyteller Zora Neale Hurston is born. Zora Neale Hurston was born in 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama, USA. A writer and folklorist, she travelled the American South and the Caribbean collecting the old tales and songs people told her. Thanks to her, many stories that might have been lost were saved in books.
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- 1785 🧭 Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries flew a gas balloon from Dover, England, to Calais, France, the first flight across the English Channel.
- 1927 💡 The first commercial telephone service across the Atlantic Ocean opened, letting people in New York talk with people in London.
🧠 Question of the day
What did Hurston collect on her travels?
- Old tales and songs
- Seashells
- Stamps
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Answer: Old tales and songs
Questions
What happened on January 7?
January 7, 1891: Storyteller Zora Neale Hurston is born. It happened in Notasulga, Alabama, USA.
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