Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 11:23:54 -0700
Subject: Daily Bleed 6/18: IZZY STONE


Dail Bleed in full,
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1746 -- Amazon.com?: A group of London booksellers
enters into a contract with Samuel Johnson for the
projected 40,000-word "Johnson Dictionary" for 1,575 pounds.
Heavy, man.

1880 -- Mrs Shakuntala Devi mentally multiplies
two 13-digit numbers in 28 seconds.

1923 -- Argentina: A nationwide General Strike,
protesting the assassination of the anarchist Kurt Wilckens in his
prison cell, paralyzes the country.

1954 -- Guatemala: The US-CIA supported invasion by
Carlos Castillo Armas is completed. The
democratically elected Arbenz, whose government made
the mistake of nationalizing United Fruit Company's property,
fled to the Mexican Embassy. With its success in Guatemala,
the CIA had the confidence that it could now take on anyone
who interfered with American "interests."