Paracultural Calender Apr 22

[Mark Thibodeau]

On this day in the year *1864*, Congress passes the *Coinage Act*, which
mandates that, from that day forward, all United States currency should be
inscribed with the motto: "In God We Trust." *Which* God, exactly, is a
matter still up for debate.

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On this day in the year *1912*, the first issue of *Pravda*, the voice of
the Bolsheviks in the soon-to-be Soviet Union, is published in Saint
Petersburg. Seeing as this was in pre-revolutionary Russia, the tone of
discourse and the level of philosophical rhetoric was pretty elevated. The
comics section, however, was just sad.

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On this day in the year *1954*, live television coverage of witness
testimony during the Congressional *Army-McCarthy Hearings* begins...as
does the *Red Scare*, in earnest.

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On this day in the year *1970*, the first ever *Earth Day* is celebrated...
by PAGANS!!!

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On this day in the year *2000*, absolutely *nobody* is hurt when
6-year-old *Elián
González* is rescued from the clutches of his celebrity-craving relatives'
home in Miami, Florida, after a lightning raid by federal agents... those
SAVAGES!
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