Paracultural Calendar for Feb 22

[David Casseres]

Mark sez

*On this day in 1945, four US Marines create the "photo op of the century"
when they raise the flag on Iwo Jima.*

Recently I heard that it took two days to re-stage the flag-raising (which
actually happened, right?) so the photo could be taken.


On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On this day in *1455*, inventor *Johannes Gutenberg* prints the
> first-ever "mass produced" book: the *Holy Bible*. It immediately rockets
> to the top of the bestseller charts.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in the year *1630*, native Americans introduce malnourished
> pilgrims to the delicacy we now call *popcorn* during a Thanksgiving
> feast. The pilgrims show their appreciation for the natives' generosity by
> giving them bibles, fire-water and smallpox-infested blankets.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1821*, Spain sells a huge chunk of Florida to the United
> States for $5 million bucks. In other words, they totally ripped us off!
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1651*, a storm surge floods Germany coast, drowning
> 15.000 people in what people call *St. Peter's Flood*.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1879*, in Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the
> first of many of 5 and dime *Woolworth* stores.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1945*, four US Marines create the "photo op of the
> century" when they raise the flag on *Iwo Jima*.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1973*, following President *Richard Nixon*'s visit to the
> People's Republic of China, the two countries agree to establish liaison
> offices. One year later, on this day in *1974*, *Samuel Byck* tries and
> fails to assassinate Nixon.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1980*, in Lake Placid, New York, the United States hockey
> team defeats the Soviet Union hockey team 4-3 in a game that has been
> dubbed the *Miracle on Ice*.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1983*, the notorious Broadway flop *Moose Murders* opens
> and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1985*, the Senate confirms *Edwin Meese III* as *Ronald
> Reagan*'s Attorney General. He is only marginally less puritanical,
> corrupt and religiously insane than *Dubya*'s boy,*Jesus H. Ashcroft*.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1994*, *Aldrich Ames* and his wife are charged by the
> United States Department of Justice with spying for the Soviet Union.
>
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>
> Also on this day, in *1992*, *Kurt "Voice of a Generation" Cobain* and *Courtney
> "Fucked the Voice of a Generation" Love* get married, and live happily
> ever after.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1997*, scientists in Scotland announce the successful
> cloning of *Dolly the Sheep*, the first mammal ever to be cloned from
> adult cells. It was one small step for science, and a giant leap forward in
> the Scottish plot to breed a race of sexually irresistible super-sheep.
>
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