June 22: In history

[Bruno Nogueira]

Why this focus on June 22? It's funny: I'm writing a novel that occurs
majorly on this day, June 22, 2013. It's an important date in Brazil's
recent history. We had our "Arab Spring"/"Occupy Wall Street" during that
month, and the climax of everything happened that week. June 22, a
Saturday, may be regarded as the first post-war day.

Cheers.
Bruno

2016-06-23 3:43 GMT-03:00 Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>:

> On this day in *1633*, the Roman Catholic Church forces *Galileo Galilei* to
> disavow his theory that the Earth orbits around the Sun, rather than
> vice-versa. Three hundred and sixty years later, in 1992, the *Vatican* admits
> it made a mistake, and that Galileo was right. Which leads yer old pal
> Jerky to wonder... how long do you think it will be before they finally
> admit to making up all that GOD crap in order to keep the rabble in line?
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1783*, a poisonous cloud created by the eruption of the
> *Laki* volcanic fissure system in Iceland reaches the French mainland.
> All told, six million people around the world would die due to Laki’s
> multiple eruptions over a two year period, making it the deadliest volcanic
> event in history.
>
>
> ***
>
> On this day in *1813*, after learning of American plans for a surprise
> attack on Beaver Dams in Ontario, Canada, a plucky gal by the name of *Laura
> Secord* sets out on a 30 kilometer journey on foot to warn Lieutenant *James
> FitzGibbon*. *Chocolate <http://www.laurasecord.ca/en/home/index>* ensues.
> ***
>
> On this day in the year *1847*, Captain *Hanson Gregory* took the top of
> a round tin pepper box and pressed it down into one of his mother's
> uncooked miniature fried cakes, creating the world's first doughnut! Today,
> doughnuts are considered a separate food group in Canada, and they make up
> roughly 35% of the average police officer's diet.
> ***
>
> On this day in *1941*, in one of the worst missteps of World War II,
> *Hitler*’s Germany invades the Soviet Union in*Operation Barbarossa*.
> Needless to say, things do NOT go Hitler’s way.
> ***
>
> On this day in *1954*, in Christchurch, New Zealand, *Pauline Parker* and *Juliet
> Hulme* murder Pauline's mother by caving in her skull with a rock. This
> they do because they believe dear old mum is interfering in their “close”
> friendship. In 1994, *Peter Jackson* made a movie about it - *Heavenly
> Creatures* – which also introduced *Kate Winslet* to the world.
> ***
>
> On this day in *1956*, playwright *Arthur Miller* defies the House
> Committee on Un-American Activities by refusing to*"name names,"*
> <http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/miller-mccarthyism.html> as
> they used to call it.
> ***
>
> On this day in *1969*, the incredibly polluted *Cuyahoga River* *catches
> fire* – yep, you read right, a RIVER caught fire – in northeast Ohio. It
> is one of those watershed moments (no pun intended) that called attention
> to ecological concerns and led to an increase in environmental awareness
> the world over.
> ***
>
> On this day in *1978*, American astronomer *James W. Christy* discovers
> Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto. Creepy name for a creepy
> moon!
>
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 12:25 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> [image: Diego Maradona]
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Diego_Maradona_cropped.jpg>
>> Diego Maradona
>>
>>    - 1633 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1633> – Galileo Galilei
>>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_Galilei> was *forced to recant
>>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_affair>* his heliocentric
>>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliocentrism> view of the Solar System
>>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System> by the Roman Inquisition
>>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Inquisition>, after which, as
>>    legend has it, he muttered under his breath, "And yet it moves
>>    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_yet_it_moves>.
>>    -
>>    - 2016 John Lewis leads a sit-in on the floor of the House of
>>    Representatives because of legislative inaction on gun control laws.
>>
>>
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