Paracultural Calendar for July 6

[Mark Thibodeau]

I know, I know... :-)

On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 9:37 AM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:

> "On this day in *1483*, a much different Richard - *Richard III* - is
> crowned King of England. *Shakespeare* writes a great play about this
> world historic asshole."
>
>
> Perhaps you should read The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey and
> reconsider.
>
> 2015-07-06 9:37 GMT+02:00 Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>:
>
>>
>> On this day in *1189*, *Richard I* "the Lionheart" accedes to the
>> English throne. He reigns during the time of the legendary bandit *Robin
>> Hood*.
>>
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>> On this day in *1483*, a much different Richard - *Richard III* - is
>> crowned King of England. *Shakespeare* writes a great play about this
>> world historic asshole.
>>
>>
>> ***
>>
>>
>> On this day in *1785* the dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary
>> unit for the United States.
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>> On this day in *1854*, in Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the
>> United States Republican Party was held. Chaos ensues.
>>
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>> On this day in *1885*, *Louis Pasteur* successfully tests his vaccine
>> against rabies on *Joseph Meister*, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
>> The process is notoriously long and painful, and eventually gives The
>> Powers That Be a “great idea” about how to control the global population.
>>
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>> ***
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>> On this day in *1947*, the AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet
>> Union.
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>> On this day in *1957*, *John Lennon* and *Paul McCartney* of the Beatles
>> are introduced to each other when Lennon's band the Quarrymen performs at
>> the St. Peter's Church Hall fête in Woolton.
>>
>>
>> ***
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>>
>> On this day in *1985*, the National Wrestling Alliance holds their first
>> ever Pay-Per-View event, The Great American Bash. It's a smashing success,
>> giving credence to the old addage: "a wrestling fan and his money are soon
>> parted."
>>
>>
>> ***
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>> On this day in *1995*, during the Bosnian War, under the command of
>> General *Ratko Mladić*, Serbia begins its attack on the Bosnian town of
>> Srebrenica, and kills more than 8000 Bosniaks, in what then- UN
>> Secretary-General *Boutros Boutros-Ghali* calls "the worst crime on
>> European soil since the Second World War".
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>> ***
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>> On this day in *2003*, the 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar sent a
>> METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to 5 stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD
>> 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive
>> to these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044 and 2049 respectively.
>>
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>> ***
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>> On this day in *2005*, Time Magazine reporter *Matt Cooper* agrees to
>> testify to a grand jury that *Karl Rove* revealed to him *Valerie Plame*'s
>> secret CIA identity. An extremely suspicious lack of chaos ensues.
>>
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