On This Day in Paracultural History Dec 30

[Mark Thibodeau]

On this day in *1066*, a Muslim mob storms the royal palace in Granada,
crucifies Jewish vizier*Joseph ibn Naghrela* and massacres most of the
Jewish population of the city.

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On this day in *1816*, the Treaty of St. Louis between the United States
and the united Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi Indian tribes is proclaimed.
Then, nine years later, on this day in 1825, the Treaty of St. Louis
between the United States and the Shawnee Nation is proclaimed. None of
these treaties are adhered to... by the White Man, at least.

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On this day in *1965*, *Ferdinand Marcos* becomes President of the
Philippines. And they all lived happily ever after.

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On this day in *1977*, for the second time, *Ted Bundy* escapes from his
cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

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On this day in *1993*, Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic
relations.

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On this day in *1994*, wacko Catholic anti-choice activist *John Salvi
III* goes
on a shooting spree at two abortion clinics in Brookline, Massachusetts,
killing two receptionists and wounding five other employees in the process.
The next day, he emptied a few clips into a clinic in Norfolk, Virginia,
and was promptly arrested. Two years later, after a jury found him guilty
of murder, the staunch pro-lifer decided an eternity spent burning in Hell
was preferable to a lifetime of nightly anal rape, so he abandoned his
principles and killed himself.

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On this day in *2006*, former President of Iraq *Saddam Hussein* is
executed in one of the ugliest, cowardly, most shameful chapters in a
metaphorical book that was clogged to the choking with ugly, cowardly,
shameful chapters. Only the disgusting excesses of post-9/11
military-industrial-intelligence-media complex America could imbue a man
like Saddam Hussein with gravitas and statesmanship.
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