Paracultural Calendar for Sept 17

[Mark Thibodeau]

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On this day in *1630*, the city of *Boston*, Massachusetts is founded.

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On this day in *1683*, *Antonie van Leeuwenhoek* writes a letter to the
Royal Society describing "animalcules": the first known description of
protozoa. Little animals. Cute, no?

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On this day in *1776*, the Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New
Spain. Some *dark stuff
<http://www.shiftfrequency.com/douglas-dietrich-occultism-satanism-in-the-u-s-military-audio/>*
goes
down there over the years.

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On this day in *1787*, the United States Constitution is signed in
Philadelphia.

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On this day in *1859*, *Joshua A. Norton* declares himself *Emperor Norton
I <http://www.notfrisco.com/nortoniana/>* of the United States. A great
many people go along with his gag, up until the day he dies.

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On this day in *1862*, America suffered the single bloodiest day in her
history. It was during the Civil War, at Antietam. When the fighting was
over, three thousand, six hundred and fifty four men lay dead on the
battlefield. And adding insult to injury... the damn thing was a DRAW! All
that death and gore, and there wasn't even a winner. Can you imagine how
let down they all must have felt?

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On this day in *1908*, the Wright Flyer flown by *Orville Wright*, with
Lieutenant *Thomas Selfridge* as passenger, crashes killing Selfridge. He
becomes the first airplane fatality.

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On this day in *1916*, *Manfred von Richthofen* - "The Red Baron" - a
flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat
near Cambrai, France.

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On this day in *1928*, the *Okeechobee hurricane* strikes southeastern
Florida, killing upwards of 2,500 people. It is the third deadliest natural
disaster in United States history, behind the *Galveston hurricane* of
*1900* and the *1906 San Francisco earthquake*.

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On this day in the year *1953*, for the first time ever in medical history,
Siamese twins are successfully separated by surgeons. Sure, they were
joined at the ankle, but a first is a first!

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On this day in *1976* the first Space Shuttle, *Enterprise*, is unveiled by
*NASA*.

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On this day in *1983*, *Vanessa Williams* becomes the first black Miss
America. It doesn't last long before *scandal strikes
<http://www.celebuzz.com/photos/hollywoods-most-notorious-nude-scandals/vanessawilliams/>*
and
she loses her crown.

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On this day in *1987*, *Pope John Paul II* embraces an AIDS-infected boy
while visiting San Francisco.

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On this day in *1991*, both Koreas - North and South - are admitted into
the United Nations on a date chosen to coincide with the 19th anniversary
of the Korean war-based television series *M*A*S*H*, which premiered on
this day in *1972*.

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On this day in *2001*, the New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading
after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great
Depression.

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On this day in *2007*, *AOL*, once the largest ISP in the U.S., officially
announces plans to refocus the company as an advertising business and to
relocate its corporate headquarters from Dulles, Virginia to New York City

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On this day in *2011*, *Occupy Wall Street* movement begins in Zuccotti
Park, New York City, accomplishing not a whole hell of a lot.
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