Paracultural Calendar for August 4

[Jamie McKittrick]

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"Forty whacks with a wet noodle, Bart."

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 1:46 AM, glenn fuller <glennfuller at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> On 08/06/2015 05:21 PM, Mark Thibodeau wrote:
>
> <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Second_Temple.jpg>
>
> On this day in the year *70 AD*, Jerusalem’s *Second Temple*, located on
> the Temple Mount (aka Mount Zion) is destroyed by Roman occupiers. The
> Second Temple had been built 586 years earlier to replace *King Solomon's
> Temple*, which was destroyed by neo-Babylonian *King Nebuchadnezzar II* upon
> his siege of Jerusalem and subsequent enslavement of the Jewish people in
> 587 BC. Jewish eschatology holds that, before the Messiah can appear on
> Earth, a Third Temple must be built. Various messianic groups have
> attempted to get this project started up, but that particular piece of real
> estate is one of the most hotly contested spots on the face of the Earth...
> if not MOST hotly contested
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1693*, a Frenchman by the name of *Dom Perignon* allegedly
> invents the sparkling wine commonly referred to as *Champagne*. This is a
> traditional belief, however, for which there is no evidence or proof.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1892*, the father and stepmother of *Lizzie Borden* are
> found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. Borden’s subsequent
> trial and acquittal gave rise to the popular rhyme: “Lizzie Borden took an
> axe. Gave her father forty whacks. When she saw what she had done… Gave her
> mother forty-one!”
>
> Shut your door... Lock and Latch it...  Lucy's loose....  With a brand new
> hatchet....
>
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1944*, a tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a
> sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest
> Jewish diarist *Anne Frank*, her family, and four others.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1964*, civil rights workers *Michael Schwerner*, *Andrew
> Goodman* and *James Chaney* are found dead in Mississippi after
> disappearing on June 21. The film *Mississippi Burning* is based on these
> events.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1964*, the destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy
> report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin, near Vietnam. This led to
> an escalation of American intervention in the region – and the number of
> deaths on all sides – despite the fact that the events most likely *never
> took place
> <http://fair.org/media-beat-column/30-year-anniversary-tonkin-gulf-lie-launched-vietnam-war/>*.It
> was, in many ways, the lie that launched America's war against Vietnam.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1987*, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
> rescinds the *Fairness Doctrine*, which had required radio and television
> stations to present controversial issues fairly, giving equal time to both
> sides of an issue.*Rush Limbaugh* ensues.
>
>
>
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