Paracultural Calendar for Oct 14

[Mark Thibodeau]

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On this day in *1066*, during the Norman Conquest, in the Battle of
Hastings, in England, on Senlac Hill, the Norman forces of *William the
Conqueror* defeat the English army and kill *King Harold II* of England.

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On this day in *1322*, *Robert the Bruce* of Scotland defeats *King Edward
II* of England at Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence.

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On this day in *1888*, *Louis Le Prince* films first motion picture: *Roundhay
Garden Scene*.

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On this day in *1912*, while campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the
former President of the United States,*Theodore Roosevelt*, is shot and
mildly wounded by *John Schrank*, a mentally-disturbed saloon keeper. With
the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Mr. Roosevelt
still carries out his scheduled public speech.

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On this day in *1933*, Nazi Germany announces its withdrawal from the *League
of Nations*. Also on this day, in *1950*, soon-to-be-cult leader *Sun Young
Moon* is liberated from prison in Korea. Thirty-two years later, on this
day in *1982*, Moon weds 6,000 Unification church couples in a mass Moonie
wedding. *Bob Marley* held his final concert on this day in *1980*. These
events are all connected somehow. Yer old pal Jerky just doesn't have the
time to figure it out right now.

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On this day in *1962*, the world comes *thisclose* to total nuclear
annihilation when photographs taken by a U-2 spy plane offer
incontrovertible proof that the Soviets had set up missile bases on the
island nation of Cuba. That put Soviet nukes a mere 90 miles off the
American coastline. During the next two weeks, *Nikita Kruschev* and *John
F. Kennedy* played the highest-stakes game of chess ever played in the
history of all mankind. Thank Godzilla it ended in a twenty-eight-year
stalemate!

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On this day in *1966*, the city of Montreal, Quebec, begins the operation
of its underground Montreal Metro rapid-transit system.

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On this day in *1977*, child-abusing crooner *Bing Crosby* dies of a heart
attack at 74 while vacationing in Madrid, Spain. Two months later, *der
Bingle* records his last ever Christmas special.

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On this day in *1979*, the first Gay Rights March on Washington, D.C., the
National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, demands "an end to
all social, economic, judicial, and legal oppression of lesbian and gay
people", and draws 200,000 people.

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On this day in *1981*, Vice President *Hosni Mubarak* is elected as the
President of Egypt one week after the assassination of the President of
Egypt, *Anwar Sadat*. He keeps that job for a looooong-ass time.

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On this day in *1982*, U.S. President *Ronald Reagan* proclaims a *War on
Drugs*. Chaos ensues.

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On this day in *1994*, the Palestinian leader, *Yasser Arafat*, Prime
Minister of Israel, *Yitzhak Rabin*, and the Foreign Minister of
Israel, *Shimon
Peres*, receive the *Nobel Peace Prize* for their role in the establishment
of the Oslo Accords and the framing of the future Palestinian Self
Government.
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