Paracalendar for Sept 11

[Mark Thibodeau]

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On this day in *1541*, Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous
warriors, led by *Michimalonco*.

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On this day in *1609*, *Henry Hudson* discovers Manhattan Island and the
indigenous people living there.

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On this day in *1789*, *Alexander Hamilton* is appointed the first United
States Secretary of the Treasury.

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On this day in *1792*, the *Hope Diamond* is stolen along with other French
crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.

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On this day in *1830,* the Anti-Masonic Party convention takes place. It is
one of the first American political party conventions.

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On this day in *1857*, the Mountain Meadows massacre takes place when
Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.

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On this day in *1893*, the Parliament of the World's Religions opened in
Chicago, where *Swami Vivekananda* delivers his speech on fanaticism,
tolerance and the truth inherent in all religions.

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On this day in *1919*, U.S. Marines invade Honduras.

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On this day in *1961*, the *World Wildlife Fund* is founded.

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On this day in *1973*, a coup in Chile headed by *General Augusto
Pinochet* topples
the democratically elected president *Salvador Allende*. Pinochet exercises
dictatorial power until ousted in a referendum in 1988, staying in power
until 1990.

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On this day in *1976*, a group of Croatian nationalists plant a bomb in a
coin locker at Grand Central Terminal. After stating political demands,
they reveal the location and provide instructions for disarming the bomb.
The disarming operation was not executed properly, killing one NYPD bomb
squad specialist.

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On this day in *1978*, *Janet Parker* is the last person to die of
smallpox, in a laboratory-associated outbreak.

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On this day in *1982*, the international forces that were guaranteeing the
safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon
leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in
the *Sabra and Shatila* refugee camps.

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On this day in *1997*, NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.

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On this day in *2001*, two hijacked aircraft crash into the World Trade
Center in New York City, while a third smashes into The Pentagon in
Arlington, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville,
Pennsylvania, in a series of coordinated suicide attacks by members of *Al
Qaeda*. Altogether, 2,996 people are killed. Or, at least, that's what
we're SUPPOSED to believe...

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On this day in *2003*, Swedish foreign minister *Anna Lindh* is
assassinated.

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On this day in *2007*, Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever,
the Father of All Bombs.

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On this day in *2012*, a total of 315 people are killed in two garment
factory fires in Pakistan. Also on this day in 2012, the U.S. embassy in
Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths, including that of *J.
Christopher Stevens*, the United States Ambassador to Libya.
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