Paracultural Calendar for March 15

David Casseres david.casseres at gmail.com
Sun Mar 15 21:01:02 CDT 2015


On this day in *1965*, President *Lyndon B. Johnson*, responding to the
Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the
Voting Rights Act.
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A friend of mine happened to catch this moment on TV in a gin-mill on the
South Side of Chicago. He was the only white person in the joint, and
recalled that everyone was watching in silent, rapt attention. And then El
Beejay leaned into the camera and intoned "We, shall, ovah, come!" and the
place exploded in hilarious guffaws.

On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 2:22 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On this day in *44 BC*, *Julius Caesar*, Dictator of the Roman Republic,
> is stabbed to death by *Marcus Junius Brutus*, *Gaius Cassius Longinus*, *Decimus
> Junius Brutus* and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1493*, *Christopher Columbus* returns to Spain after his
> first trip to the Americas.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1820*, Maine becomes the 23rd state to be admitted into
> the Union, and, having spent a considerable amount of time there, yer old
> pal Jerky isn't quite sure how he feels about that. Maine is beautiful, but
> it's also fuckin' creepy. Just look at their most important industries!
> Potatoes, the only vegetable with eyes, so they can watch while you chop
> them up; lobsters, which are uglier than most spiders, and which you boil
> alive before eating; and *Stephen King* novels, which account for roughly
> 35% of Maine's economy. Speaking of which, most of Maine is poor as dirt,
> but every summer, some areas are overrun by people so wealthy, nobody even
> knows who they are. We're talking Old Money, here. Old, creepy money.
> Thirteenth generation Slave Trade money. Lucky for the locals, most of
> these behind-the-scenes Prime Movers vacate "Vacationland" before the
> brutal North Atlantic winter sets in... and the *Wendigo* returns to feed.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1906*, *Rolls-Royce Limited* is incorporated.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1916*, President *Woodrow Wilson* sends 4,800 United
> States troops over the U.S.-Mexico border to pursue *Pancho Villa*.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1922*, after Egypt gains nominal independence from the
> United Kingdom, *Fuad I *becomes King of Egypt.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1961*, South Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth of
> Nations.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1964*, president *Lyndon Johnson* urges Americans to wage
> a *War on Poverty*. Unfortunately, it never happened, because all the
> weapons and soldiers were tied up in Vietnam at the time.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1965*, President *Lyndon B. Johnson*, responding to the
> Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the
> Voting Rights Act.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1968*, LIFE Magazine calls *Jimi Hendrix* "the most
> spectacular guitarist in the world." That his reputation survived the
> adulation of such a square publication is a testament to the veracity of
> that statement.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1982*, actress *Theresa Saladana* is stabbed and stabbed
> and stabbed and stabbed and stabbed and stabbed and stabbed by an obsessed
> stalker. Not-so-ironically, it was the best thing that ever happened to her
> career.
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1985*, the first Internet domain name is registered (
> symbolics.com).
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *2011*, the beginning of the Syrian civil war.
>
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