Paracultural Calendars will re-commence starting NOW!

[Mark Thibodeau]

Sorry guys, I've been working on a film treatment that has required all my
attention.

The blog is updated daily regardless, at www.uselesseaterblog.blogspot.com,
in case you want to go back and see any days you've missed since the 8th,
which is the last time I reposted here on Plist.

And now, I give you the Paracalendar for October 1st!

On this day in *1189*, *Gerard de Ridefort*, grandmaster of the Knights
Templar since 1184, is killed in the Siege of Acre.


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On this day in *1553*, the coronation of *Queen Mary I* of England takes
place.


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On this day in *1811*, the first steamboat to sail the Mississippi River
arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana.


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On this day in *1890*, Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S.
Congress.


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On this day in *1891*, in the state of California, Stanford University
opens its doors. A prestigious parapsychology department soon opens its
doors.


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On this day in *1908*, Ford puts the *Model T* car on the market at a price
of US$825.


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On this day in *1910*, a large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building
in downtown Los Angeles, California, killing 21.


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On this day in *1918*, Arab forces under *T. E. Lawrence*, also known as
"Lawrence of Arabia", capture Damascus.


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On this day in *1936*, *General Francisco Franco* is named head of the
Nationalist government of Spain.


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On this day in *1938*, Germany annexes the Sudetenland.


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On this day in *1944*, the Nazis begin a series of gruesome medical
experiments on gay men at the Buchenwald concentration camp. Hiding behind
the legitimate-sounding moniker: Division for Typhus and Virus Research of
the Hygiene Institute of the Waffen SS, the sadistic freakazoids of the
Third Reich got their rocks off by castrating hundreds of men using a
variety of torturous methods, and injecting prisoners with diseases to test
out new vaccines. Hundreds of Jews, Gypsies, and mentally ill prisoners
were also "euthanized" in the camp, which was overseen by the infamous *Ilsa
Koch*, the real-life inspiration for those lurid *Ilsa*
<http://www.prisonflicks.com/ilsa-shewolf.htm> movies. Her penchant for
lampshades, gloves, and other items made from the skin of dead inmates --
along with her reputation for forcing prisoners to participate in
Caligula-level orgies -- made her a legend for a time.


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On this day in *1946*, the “genius” organization Mensa International is
founded in the United Kingdom.


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Remember *Dr. Strangelove*? On this day in the year *1957*, B-52 bombers
loaded down with nukes begin flying non-stop missions along the boundaries
of Soviet airspace, just waiting on the word to fly in and drop their
loads. Get thee to a mine shaft! It was also on this day that Americans
first see In God We Trust on their paper currency.


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On this day in *1958*, *NASA* is created to replace *NACA*.


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On this day in *1979*, the United States returns sovereignty of the Panama
canal to Panama.


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On this day in *1982*, EPCOT Center opens at *Walt Disney World* near
Orlando, Florida, United States. Meanwhile, in Japan, Sony launches the
first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).


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On this day in *1989*, Denmark introduces the world's first legal modern
same-sex civil union called "registered partnership".


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On this day in *1992*, the *Cartoon Network* begins broadcasting. *Adult
Swim* shows ensue.
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