Paracultural Calendar for July 6

[Monte Davis]

This reminds me (because i saw episode 4 of the BBC Two "Wolf Hall" the
other day) of Hilary Mantel's "rehabilitation" of Thomas Cromwell --
especially in re Thomas More. I saw Paul Scofield on st age in Bolt's "A
Man for All Seasons" at an impressionable age, and have seen the movie and
read the play enough times to skew anything learned from histories of the
period. So now it's fascinating to see the equally talented and compelling
Mark Rylance (and Anton Lesser as More) spin that freighted story another
way entirely.

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.
>>
>>
>> ***
>>
>>
>> On this day in *1854*, in Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the
>> United States Republican Party was held. Chaos ensues.
>>
>>
>> ***
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> ***
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> ***
>>
>>
>> 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."
>>
>>
>> ***
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> ***
>>
>>
>> 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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