PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 22

[Mark Thibodeau]

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On this day in *564*, *Saint Columba* reports seeing a monster in *Loch
Ness
<http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/2013/07/10/photos-of-the-loch-ness-monster-revisited/>*,
Scotland.

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On this day in *1485*, the Battle of Bosworth Field, the death of *Richard
III* and the end of the House of Plantagenet.

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On this day in *1642*, *Charles I* calls the English Parliament traitors.
The English Civil War begins.

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On this day in *1654*, a man by the name of *Jacob Barsimson* arrives in
New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.

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On this day in *1791*, the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue
begins. It is the first and only successful*Spartacist revolution* in
history. Pretty awesome.

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On this day in *1831*, *Nat Turner*'s slave rebellion commences just after
midnight in Southampton County, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more
than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who are killed in
retaliation for the uprising.

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On this day in *1864*, 12 nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The *Red
Cross* is formed.

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On this day in *1902*, *Theodore Roosevelt* becomes the first President of
the United States to ride in an automobile.

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On this day in *1922*, *Michael Collins*, Commander-in-chief of the Irish
Free State Army, is shot dead during an Anti-Treaty ambush at Béal na
Bláth, County Cork, during the Irish Civil War.

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On this day in *1992*, the second day of the stand-off, federal law
enforcement officers close in on *Randy Weaver*'s deep-woods hideaway at
Ruby Ridge. At one point, as the Weavers try to bury their 14 year old son
- who was shot and killed by a federal officer after he shot and killed a
federal officer for shooting his dog - sharpshooters open fire, killing
Weaver's wife while she held their baby daughter in her arms. Meanwhile,
around the nation, for the first time in their lives, big dumb white guys
begin to worry about police brutality. By the way, contrary to popular
right-wing mythology, the President of the USA at the time was *George
Herbert Walker Bush*, and NOT *Bill Clinton*.
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