PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 17

[Mark Thibodeau]

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On this day in *1862*, the Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota
warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.

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On this day in *1908*, the first animated cartoon, *Fantasmagorie*, created
by *Émile Cohl*, is shown in Paris, France.


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On this day in *1915*, a man by the name of *Leo Frank* is lynched for the
alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl in Marietta, Georgia, United
States. *Chaos
ensues.
<http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/frank.html>*

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On this day in *1947*, the Radcliffe Line, the border between Dominion of
India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed.

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On this day in *1950*, American POWs are massacred by the North Korean Army
in an event christened the *Hill 303 Massacre*.

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On this day in *1953*, Narcotics Anonymous meets for the first time in
Southern California.

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On this day in *1959*, *Kind of Blue* by *Miles Davis*, the much acclaimed
and highly influential best selling jazz recording of all time, is released.

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On this day in *1962*, East German border guards kill 18-year-old *Peter
Fechter* as he attempts to cross the Berlin Wall into West Berlin becoming
one of the first victims of the wall. Meanwhile, in England, the
*Beatles* replace
drummer *Pete Best* with *Ringo Starr*.

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On this day in *1970*, Venera 7 is launched. It will later become the first
spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet
(Venus).

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On this day in *1980*, *Azaria Chamberlain* disappears, probably taken by a
dingo, leading to what was then the most publicized trial in Australian
history. "A dingo ate my baby!"

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On this day in *1988*, President of Pakistan *Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq* and U.S.
Ambassador *Arnold Raphel* are killed in a plane crash. Why any politicians
ever ride in small planes is a mystery to me.

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On this day in *1998*, US President *Bill Clinton* admits in taped
testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House
intern *Monica Lewinsky*. On the same day he admits before the nation that
he "misled people" about the relationship.
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