Paracultural Calendar for April 2

[David Casseres]

" Within a year, civilian rule was restored in Argentina. Unfortunately,
the same could not be said of England.:


Well said.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 5:15 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On this day in *1513*, Spanish explorer *Juan Ponce de León* first sights
> land in what is now Florida. Claims that he discovered the Fountain of
> Youth have yet to be confirmed.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1792*, the Coinage Act is passed establishing the United
> States Mint.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1866*, President *Andrew Johnson* officially ends war in
> Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, North
> Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. He was a few years
> premature, if you ask yer old pal Jerky.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1902*, "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie
> theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California. Mass
> mind-control of the movie going public ensues.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1912*, the ill-fated *RMS Titanic* begins sea trials.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1930*, after the mysterious death of *Empress Zewditu*, *Haile
> Selassie* is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1956*, *As the World Turns* and *The Edge of Night* premiere
> on CBS-TV. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the
> 30-minute format.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1972*, actor *Charlie Chaplin* returns to the United
> States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red
> Scare in the early 1950s.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1973*, the launch of the *LexisNexis* computerized legal
> research service.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1975*, construction of the *CN Tower* is completed in
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It reaches 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) in height,
> becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure. It holds on to this
> record for a very long time.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1982*, seeking to boost national morale, Argentine
> military dictator *Leopoldo Galtieri* sends in the troops to invade and
> capture the Falklands Islands, a British colony located about 300 miles
> south of the southern tip of the South American continent, home to roughly
> 1,800 English-speaking sheep farmers and not a whole lot else. Although no
> British subjects were injured during the invasion, British response was
> severe. Prime Minister *Margaret Thatcher* sent out 30 warships, which
> took several weeks to arrive. By the time it all was over, Britain had lost
> five ships and 256 lives, and Argentina had lost their only cruiser, as
> well as 750 lives. Within a year, civilian rule was restored in Argentina.
> Unfortunately, the same could not be said of England.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1992*, in New York, Mafia boss *John Gotti* is convicted
> of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
> Meanwhile, south of the Mason Dixon line, country singer *Wynonna Judd* performs
> her first concert without her mother.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *2004*, Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004
> Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near
> Madrid; their attack is thwarted.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *2005*, *Pope John Paul II* passes away after a long
> illness, thus setting in motion the elaborate sequence of events that would
> ultimately culminate with "shock jock" Howard Stern leaving terrestrial
> radio for the freedom of satellite broadcasting... or something.
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/attachments/20150404/15f19665/attachment.html>