Paracultural Calendar for Jan 25

[Keith Davis]

Billy Bailey, last officially sanctioned hanging?

On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 7:56 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> ...and a stained blue dress.
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, we blew our minds over a FEW BLOWJOBS...
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 6:14 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On this day in 1881, Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the
>> > Oriental Telephone Company.
>> >
>> >
>> > ***
>> >
>> >
>> > On this day in 1890, Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey
>> in 72
>> > days.
>> >
>> >
>> > ***
>> >
>> >
>> > On this day in 1919 the League of Nations is founded.
>> >
>> >
>> > ***
>> >
>> >
>> > On this day in 1924, the 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the
>> > French Alps, inaugurating the first ever Winter Olympic Games.
>> >
>> >
>> > ***
>> >
>> >
>> > On this day in 1947, Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode
>> Ray
>> > Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
>> >
>> >
>> > ***
>> >
>> >
>> > On this day in 1971, Charles Manson and three female "Family" members
>> are
>> > found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
>> >
>> >
>> > ***
>> >
>> >
>> > On this day in 1971, Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and
>> becomes
>> > Uganda's president.
>> >
>> >
>> > ***
>> >
>> >
>> > On this day in 1981, Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, is sentenced
>> to
>> > death.
>> >
>> >
>> > ***
>> >
>> >
>> > On this day in 1993, five people are shot outside the CIA headquarters
>> in
>> > Langley, Virginia. Two are killed and three wounded.
>> >
>> >
>> > ***
>> >
>> >
>> > On this day in 1995, Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it
>> > mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident
>> > missile.
>> >
>> >
>> > ***
>> >
>> >
>> > On this day in 1996, Billy Bailey becomes the last person to be hanged
>> in
>> > the USA.
>> >
>> >
>> > ***
>> >
>> >
>> > On this day in 1998, during a historic visit to Cuba, Pope John Paul II
>> > demands political reforms and the release of political prisoners while
>> > condemning US attempts to isolate the country. Meanwhile, in the States,
>> > everybody loses their goddamn minds over a blowjob.
>> >
>> >
>> > ***
>> >
>> >
>> > On this day in 2005, a stampede at the Mandhradevi temple in
>> Maharashtra,
>> > India kills at least 258.
>> >
>> >
>> > ***
>> >
>> >
>> > On this day in 2011, the first wave of the Egyptian revolution begins in
>> > Egypt, with a series of street demonstrations, marches, rallies, acts of
>> > civil disobedience, riots, labour strikes, and violent clashes in Cairo,
>> > Alexandria, and throughout other cities in Egypt.
>>
>
>


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