Paracultural Calendar for July 12

[Jamie McKittrick]

"I have made good judgements in the Past. I have made good judgements in
the Future." - D. Quayle

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 6:09 PM, Elisabeth Romberg <eromberg at mac.com> wrote:

> A good 'un.
> Cheers!
>
> Sendt fra min iPhone
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> Den 15. jul. 2015 kl. 17.41 skrev Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>:
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> <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Australian_Aboriginal_Flag.svg>
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> On this day in *927*, *King Æthelstan* of England secures a pledge from *Constantine
> II* of Scotland that the latter will not ally with the Vikings, beginning
> the process of unifying Great Britain. This is considered the closest thing
> that England has to a foundation date.
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> ***
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> On this day in *1543*, England's *King Henry VIII* marries his sixth and
> last wife, *Catherine Parr*, at Hampton Court Palace.
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> On this day in *1580*, the first ever Slavic language Bible - the *Ostrog
> Bible* - is published. Early editions had to be corrected, however, when
> it was discovered that some wise-acre monk switched the Last Supper menu
> from bread and wine to pierogies and vodka.
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> On this day in *1859*, tired of having to look into his wife's spotty,
> un-tweezed face while he's making love to her, yet unwilling to forego his
> nightly sampling of the fleshy entitlements that were his husbandly due,*William
> Goodale* of Massachusetts patents a machine that manufactures *paper bags* by
> the hundreds. Problem solved!
>
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> On this day in *1892*, a hidden lake bursts out of a glacier on the side
> of Mont Blanc, flooding the valley below and killing around 200 villagers
> and holidaymakers in Saint Gervais. I think *Steely Dan* may have written
> a song about this, but I can't be sure.
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> On this day in *1960*, the first *Etch A Sketch* goes on sale. Childhood
> frustration ensues.
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> On this day in *1962*, the *Rolling Stones* perform their first ever
> concert, at the Marquee Club in London, England, United Kingdom.
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> On this day in *1963*, the first victim in the Moors murders -
> 16-year-old *Pauline Reade* - disappears on her way to a dance at the
> British Railways Club in Gorton, England, .
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> On this day in *1971* the *Australian Aboriginal Flag* is flown for the
> first time. It's quite handsome. See above.
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> On this day in the year *1979*, America's growing hatred for that dreaded
> phenomena known as *disco* reaches its inevitable zenith with the *Disco
> Demolition Riot* at Comiskey Park in Chicago. Organized by disc jockey *Steve
> Dahl* of WLUP-FM, the derby degenerated into chaos during the second game
> of a double-header, with overenthusiastic disco-haters taking to the fields
> and lighting a bonfire behind the pitcher's mound…  all in the name of
> despising disco!
>
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> On this day in *1985*, doctors discover a cancerous growth in President *Ronald
> Reagan*'s lower intestine. After excising the tumor, doctors immerse it
> in a tub full of nutrient-rich spinal fluid and store it in a hermetically
> sealed hyperbaric chamber under intensely high pressure. When they crack
> open the chamber 666 days later, *Dan Quayle* steps out of there, his
> empty eyes glowing red with otherworldly evil. The rest, as they say, is
> history.
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> On this day in *2002*, the Superior Court of Ontario orders the Canadian
> province of Ontario to recognize same-sex marriages, at which point regular
> old different-sex marriages suddenly died a horrible, wheezing death.
> Thanks a lot, gaylords!
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> On this day in *2007*, US Army Apache helicopters perform airstrikes in
> Baghdad, Iraq. Highly disturbing footage from the cockpit is later leaked
> to the Internet. It is not very easy to watch, especially if you have
> trouble accepting that Americans are frequently the Bad Guys...
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