FESTIVAL OF THE ORGONE. 1788 -- Romantic poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, lives. ______________________________ 1778 -- US: Board of War induces Congress to approve an invasion of Canada. 1788 -- Romantic poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, lives. 1821 Through lifes road so dim & dirty I have dragged to three & thirty. What have these years left to me? Nothing except thirty-three. — Lord Byron, 1821, his 33rd birthday 1824 Tis time this heart should be unmoved, Since others it hath ceased to move: Yes, though I cannot be beloved, Still let me love! — Lord Byron, On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year recollectionbooks/bleed/01ref.htm#22/1788 1871 -- France: Louise Michel, armed with a rifle, takes her first shot at the Breton mobiles of Trochu in front of the Town hall. 1879 -- Francis Picabia, surrealist, lives. La plus belle invention de lhomme est le bicarbonate de soude — Francis Picabia recollectionbooks/bleed/01ref.htm#22/1879 1888 -- France: An attempt to kill Louise Michel results in her being wounded. The budding anarchiste later testifies in behalf of her attacker, arguing for his acquittal. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Michel 1905 -- Russia: Bloody Sunday, massacre of demonstrators in St. Petersburg: Troops open fire on 100,000 workers, women & children, leaving over 1,000 demonstrators dead & 3,000 wounded. recollectionbooks/bleed/01ref.htm#22/1905 1905 -- France: Burial of Louise Michel. A procession of over 100,000 people accompany her coffin to the Levallois cemetery where she is buried. The Lepine prefect, who tried to follow the procession, is driven off ... The little girl who used to sit by the fire & listen to her grandfathers stories of the heroes of old, had now herself become a legend. — Jayacintha Danaswamy struggle.ws/ws98/ws55_louise.html 1924 -- Joseph Spivak (1882-1971) is being watched, much like you, we think... [Agent Report In re:] Neie Geselshaft, Free Workers Forum, Joseph Spivak — Russian (Jewish) Anarchist Activities, Los Angeles [19]24 Jan. 22; Reel 66: recollectionbooks/bleed/Encyclopedia/SpivakJoseph.htm 1925 -- D. H. Lawrence writes: Whoever reads me will be in the thick of the scrimmage, & if he doesnt like it — if he wants a safe seat in the audience — let him read somebody else. 1932 -- El Salvador: A peasant uprising, following nullification of the Communist Party victory in recent elections, leads to the Matanza Massacre of 30,000. The painful consequence of the use of the right to vote? These peasants — victims of old gossip or simply suspect — dig their own graves with their hands. The El Salvador government crushes the peasants like bugs. Children die too, for Communists, like snakes, need to be killed young.... recollectionbooks/bleed/sinners/CenturyoftheWind.htm#IZALCO 1951 -- Beanie Baby?: Fidel Castro is ejected from a Winter League baseball game after beaning a batter. recollectionbooks/bleed/images/sports/bBallColdWar.jpg 1964 -- US: Worlds largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin. Sorry, we dont know which President it be. 1971 -- John Lennon & Yoko Ono record Power to the People which goes on to reach number 11 on the charts. Nice idea... 1997 -- South Korea: 150,000 workers walk off their jobs to protest recent labor legislation. The wave of strikes over the previous three weeks have already cost South Korean corporations about $3 billion in lost production. 2179 -- Hikaru Walter Sulu lives, Frisco, California. _________________ And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. — Anais Nin _________________ — anti-CopyRite 1997-2015
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