Paracultural Calendar for Oct 2

[Mark Thibodeau]

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On this day in *1187*, the Siege of Jerusalem ends when *Saladin* captures
Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.


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On this day in *1535*, French explorer *Jacques Cartier* discovers the area
where Montreal, Quebec is located.


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On this day in *1922*, the very first facsimile photo ("fax") is sent over
public telephone lines. No record of the image exists, but yer old pal
Jerky is fairly certain it was a crudely drawn set of shrunken male
genitals with a caption underneath reading: "If good things come in small
packages, then yours must be worth a fortune!" Either that, or it was a
fucking chain letter.


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On this day in *1928*, the "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of
God", commonly known as *Opus Dei*, is founded by *Saint Josemaría Escrivá*.


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On this day in *1937*, Dominican Republic strongman *Rafael Trujillo* orders
the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands;
approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.


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On this day in *1944*, Nazi troops put a bloody end to the Warsaw Uprising.


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On this day in *1950*, *Peanuts* by *Charles M. Schulz* is first published


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On this day in the year *1959*, America enters another dimension. A
dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. It's a journey into a
wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination, when *Rod Serling*
's *Twilight Zone* - quite possibly the coolest fucking show ever to grace
the airwaves -premieres on CBS.


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On this day in *1967*, *Thurgood Marshall* is sworn in as the first
African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.


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On this day in *2002*, the Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over
three weeks.


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On this day in *2006*, five school girls are murdered by *Charles Carl
Roberts* in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania
before Roberts commits suicide.
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