Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 12:30:32 -0700
From: "Dave, Recollection Books" <recall-AT-eskimo.com>
Subject: Daily Bleed: 7/30 CHICO MENDES


Daily Bleed, non-ecological:
http://www.recollectionbooks.com/bleed/today.htm

Recycled eco-bits:

July 30 CHICO MENDES
Defender of Amazon rain forest, native peoples rights.

1818 -- Emily Jane Brontė lives

1838 -- Rain of frogs in London.

1866 -- Police shoot into an assembly of blacks outside the
Mechanics Institute in New Orleans

1912 -- Belgium: Beginning of General Strike.

1938 -- Hitler presents highest non-citizen award -- "Grand Cross of the

Supreme Order of the German Eagle" -- to Henry Ford in Berlin.

1945 -- USS Indianapolis, having just completed its secret mission to
deliver
the atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima, is torpedoed. The ship
sank
in 12 minutes. Because of the secret nature of its mission, the incident
went
unreported for 5 days; survivors were left to fend for their
own before a Navy plane on routine patrol discovered them.
Of the 1,100 men aboard, 880 lost their
lives to drowning, sharks & exposure.

1969 -- Beloved & Respected Comrade Leader
Dick M Nixon calls the Vietnam War,

                   "One of America's finest hours."

1970 -- England: Series of bombings, attributed to the anarchist
Angry Brigade, begin

1972 -- 53 caribou found dead near an army base that had served as the
site of a chemical &  biological warfare laboratory.
The post commander suggests the animals might have been struck
by lightning.

1973 -- Grand Opening of Left Bank Books Collective, Seattle, Washington

1986 -- RCA, acquired by General Electric, elects not to renew John
Denver's
contract despite being one of the most profitable acts on its label.
Rumored that
G.E., a major producer of military equipment was offended his single
(with
Russian Alexander Gradsky) "Let Us Begin (What are we Making Weapons
For?)".

1994 -- Brazil: The anarcha-feminist group in Sao Paulo (CAF) sponsors
today's anti-homophobia event in  Espaco Vadiagem.

1999 -- US: Southern Girl's Convention begins

Chemicals.... I love chemicals...
                Without chemicals ....
                What would my life be like?
                what would my hair be like?
                What would my kitchen be like?"

                                            ---Debbie Harry