PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 3

[Mark Thibodeau]

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A couple interesting "firsts" took place on this day. It was on this day in
*1527* that the first known letter was sent from North America. It was
written by mariner *John Rut* and mailed to England's *King Henry* from St.
John's, Newfoundland. It was also on this day, in the year *1678*, that
construction on the American continent's first full-sized sailing ship was
completed. Built by *Robert LaSalle*, Le Griffon was a sixty-foot,
forty-five ton vessel that cruised the Great Lakes for only a few short
weeks before disappearing without a trace.

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On this day in *1492*, *Christopher Columbus* sets sail from Palos de la
Frontera, Spain.

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On this day in *1783*, Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing 35,000 people.

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On this day in *1929*, messianic "world teacher" *Jiddu Krishnamurti* shocks
the Theosophy movement by dissolving the*Order of the Star*, the
organisation built to support him.

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On this day in *1934*, megalomaniacal runt *Adolf Hitler* becomes the
supreme leader of Germany when he combines the offices of President and
Chancellor into the single, all-powerful position of Führer. It was all
downhill from there.

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On this day in *1948*, former commie *Whittaker Chambers* accuses *Alger
Hiss* of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.

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On this day in *1958*, the nuclear submarine *USS Nautilus* travels beneath
the Arctic ice cap.

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On this day in *1961*, the *New Democratic Party of Canada* is founded by
the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation and the Canadian
Labour Congress.

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On this day in the year *1966*, revolutionary "stand-up comic" *Lenny
Bruce* injects
a gorilla-dose of morphine into himself and dies for our sins.

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On this day in *1976*... *RAID ON ENTEBBE!!!*
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Entebbe>

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On this day in *1977*, the United States Senate begins its hearing on *Project
MKUltra <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra>*.

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On this night in *2000*, the GOP gently walks *John McCain* over to the
podium, bends him over, pulls down his pants and fucks him nice and slow
for all the world to see. Yer old pal Jerky's always had a soft-spot for
McCain, but the speech he gave that night at the GOP convention was
pathetic. At one point, he said: "I support *Governor Bush*. I am grateful
to him. And I am proud of him." He supported the man who's campaign team
started a whisper campaign declaring him mentally unstable? He was grateful
to the man who falsely accused him of voting against breast-cancer
research? He was proud of the man who repeatedly and maliciously made up
lies about his record? At one point, he said: "Many years ago, the
governor's father served in the Pacific, with distinction, under the
command of my grandfather. Now it is my turn to serve under the son of my
grandfather's brave subordinate." Wow. That is one helluva long way to go
to suck ass.

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On this day in *2004*, the *Statue of Liberty* opens for business after
being closed since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Better get
out to see her now, while you still can.

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On this day in *2005*, some fuzzy nob by the name of *Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad* becomes
President of Iran.
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