Paracultural Calendar for April 6

[Mark Thibodeau]

On this day in *648 B.C.*, a total solar eclipse plunges Greece into
mid-day darkness. It is the first total solar eclipse to be historically
documented. *BOOYAKASHA!*

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On this day in *1250*, during the Seventh Crusade, the Ayyubids of Egypt
capture *King Louis IX* of France in the Battle of Fariskur.

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On this day in *1808*, Illuminati bloodline vampire *John Jacob Astor*
incorporates
the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America's first
millionaire.

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On this day in *1830*, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the
original church of the Latter Day Saint movement, is organized by *Joseph
Smith, Jr.* and others at Fayette or Manchester, New York. Thirty years
later to the day, on this day in *1860*, the "Reorganized Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints" - later renamed Community of Christ - is
organized by *Joseph Smith III* and others at Amboy, Illinois. Thirty three
years later to the day, on this day in *1893*, the Salt Lake Temple of The
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by *Wilford
Woodruff*.

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On this day in *1869*, celluloid is patented, making the mass success of
photography and cinema possible.

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On this day in *1909*, *Robert Peary* and *Matthew Henson* reach the North
Pole.

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On this day in *1930*, *Gandhi* raises a lump of mud and salt and declares,
"With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire," beginning
the Salt Satyagraha. Also on this day, bakery executive *James Dewar* invents
the *Twinkie*. Rampant obesity and the *lamest legal defense ever*
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie_defense> ensue.

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On this day in *1965*, the Early Bird communications satellite is launched.
It is the first such satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.

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On this day in *1974*, Swedish pop band *ABBA* wins the Eurovision Song
Contest 1974 with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.

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What could be more humiliating than being a penniless, washed up,
23-year-old former child star from a show that sucked, anyway? How about
being penniless, washed up, 23-year-old child star who gets caught breaking
into a drugstore in the middle of the night in a desperate bid to score
those painkillers to which he first became addicted as a hard-partying,
overpaid teen? That's what happened to former Eight is Enough star *Adam
Rich* on this day in *1991*.

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On this day in *1994*, the Rwandan Genocide begins when the aircraft
carrying Rwandan president *Juvénal Habyarimana* and Burundian
president *Cyprien
Ntaryamira* is shot down.

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On this day in *2005*, Kurdish leader *Jalal Talabani* becomes Iraqi
president; Shiite Arab *Ibrahim al-Jaafari *is named premier the next day.

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On this day in *2011*, in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, over 193 bodies
are exhumed from several mass graves made by Los Zetas drugs/occult
gang/cult.
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