Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 11:12:52 -0700 From: "Dave, Recollection Books" <recall-AT-eskimo.com> Subject: Daily Bleed: 7/28 MARCEL DUCHAMP Daily Bleed, full blooded: http://www.recollectionbooks.com/bleed/today.htm Excerpts: JULY 28 MARCEL DUCHAMP Fastidious avant-garde idea man. Gave up art for chess. e1-e4. US: NATIONAL MOONEY DAY Virgin Islands: HURRICANE SUPPLICATION DAY. 1750 -- Warrant?: Composer J. S. Bach dies. Beatles release "Get Bach". 1794 -- Basket Case?: French Reign of Terror architect Robespierre faces the guillotine himself. 1868 -- 14th Amendment, giving equal rights to all non-Indian men, becomes part of the U.S. Constitution. 1869 -- Last Rites?: Women shoemakers in Lynn, Massachussetts demand equal pay. 1887 -- Dada post-artist Marcel Duchamp lives, Blaineville, France. 1909 -- Novelist & poet Malcolm Lowry lives 1915 -- Beloved & Respected Comrade Leader President Wilson sends Marines to Haiti, where Haitians are in revolt against the US-backed regime. Marines take benevolent control of the benevolent government & massive benevolent repression of grass roots organizations follows. 1932 -- Beloved & Respected Comrade Leader President Herbie Hoover forcibly evicts bonus marchers from their encampment. Two killed when U.S. Army attacks encampment of 20,000 World War I veterans 1943 -- Beloved & Respected Comrade Leader President FDR announces end of coffee rationing in US, effectively quelling the "Starbucks Riots". 1958 -- Billboard reports on a claim from the Esso Research Center: "...tuning in rock & roll music on a car radio can cost a motorist money," because the rhythm can cause a driver to unconsciously jiggle the gas pedal, thus wasting fuel. 1981 -- American astrologist Nancy Reagan -- giddy to be in London for the Royal Wedding -- announces, "I'm off to see the King & Queen," -- though there hasn't been a King of England in 27 years. British press detests her on sight. Writes one paper of the First Lady's propensity for toppling over, "Maybe she'll fall again & break her hair." 1986 -- "Uh-oh!" WAR n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity....
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