Paracultural Calendar for March 14

Mark Thibodeau jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com
Sat Mar 14 12:01:32 CDT 2015


On this day in *44 BC*, *Casca* and *Cassius* decide, on the night before
the Assassination of *Julius Caesar*, that *Mark Antony* should stay alive.

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On this day in *1794*, inventor *Eli Whitney* patents the cotton gin.
Unfortunately, it fails to catch on, because it makes cocktails taste like
underwear.

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On this day in *1900*, the Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing United
States currency on the gold standard.

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On this day in *1910*, Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher
near Bakersfield, California, vents to atmosphere.

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On this day in *1931*, the first ever movie-theater built for "rear
projection" opens, in New York City. It is soon forced to close its doors,
however, when the Catholic League insists that only "missionary projection"
is acceptable in the eyes of God. Meanwhile, in India, on this same day, *Alam
Ara*, India's first talking film, is released.

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On this day in *1964*, a Dallas jury sentences *Jack Ruby* to death for
killing *Lee Harvey Oswald*. They needn't have bothered, as arrangements
had already been made. Three years later, on this day in *1967*, the body
of U.S. President *John F. Kennedy* is moved to a permanent burial place at
Arlington National Cemetery.

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On this day in *1984*, *Gerry Adams*, head of Sinn Féin, is seriously
wounded in an assassination attempt in central Belfast.

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On this day in *1995*, for the first time ever, 13 human beings spend time
in outer space simultaneously. Contrary to the worries of
triskaidekaphobics everywhere, nothing bad happens.

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On this day in *2008*, a series of riots, protests, and demonstrations
erupt in Lhasa and elsewhere in Tibet.
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