Paracultural Calendar for July 12

[Jemmy Bloocher]

These are great.
On 16 Jul 2015 08:08, "Jamie McKittrick" <jamiemckit at gmail.com> wrote:

> "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
>>
>> Den 15. jul. 2015 kl. 17.41 skrev Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com
>> >:
>>
>>
>> <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Australian_Aboriginal_Flag.svg>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> ***
>>
>> On this day in *1543*, England's *King Henry VIII* marries his sixth and
>> last wife, *Catherine Parr*, at Hampton Court Palace.
>>
>> ***
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> ***
>>
>> 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!
>>
>> ***
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> ***
>>
>> On this day in *1960*, the first *Etch A Sketch* goes on sale. Childhood
>> frustration ensues.
>>
>> ***
>>
>> On this day in *1962*, the *Rolling Stones* perform their first ever
>> concert, at the Marquee Club in London, England, United Kingdom.
>>
>> ***
>>
>> 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, .
>>
>> ***
>>
>> On this day in *1971* the *Australian Aboriginal Flag* is flown for the
>> first time. It's quite handsome. See above.
>>
>> ***
>>
>> 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!
>>
>> ***
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> ***
>>
>> 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!
>>
>> ***
>>
>> 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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