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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 09:20:46 -0700
From: "Dave, Recollection Books" <recall-AT-eskimo.com>
Subject: Daily Bleed: 8/25 JORGE-LUIS BORGES


Daily Bleed, in full, web page:
http://www.recollectionbooks.com/bleed/0825.htm

Text excerpts:

AUGUST 25 -- JORGE-LUIS BORGES
Enigmatic Argentine fantasist; politically
vague, but a major influence on 20th century
world literature.

"I shall make dust of history..."

FEAST OF THE GREEN CORN

383 -- WhoDone'Em?: Gratian, Roman Emperor,
slain at Lugdunum.

1819 -- Birth of Allen Pinkerton, whose strike breaking
detectives ('Pinks') gave us the word 'fink'.

1830 -- Dutch Rub?: Belgium revolts against Netherlands

1845 -- Mad King of Bavaria, Louis (Ludwig) II lives.
Dream King, the Swan Prince, the Recluse of Alps

1899 -- Jorge-Luis Borges lives -- yesterday,
actually, but our Jubilee Saints Calendar thought
today was cool too..

1910 -- Dorothea Tanning lives... American painter...

1913 -- "Pogo" creator Walt Kelly lives.

        "We are confronted with
        insurmountable opportunities."

        "We shall meet the enemy, &
         not only may he be ours, he may be us."

1925 -- Donald Justice, lives, Miami, Florida.
American poet / editor

1940 -- A Match Made in Heaven?:
First parachute wedding.

1950 -- The Train Stops Here?: Beloved & Respected
Comrade Leader President Harry Truman orders
U.S. Army to seize all the nation's railroads to prevent
a general strike.

1966 -- Yardbirds perform at the Carousel
Ballroom in Frisco.

1967 -- Gone Whaling?:
Beatles go to Wales to talk to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

1967 -- FBI circulates memo detailing plans to
"disrupt" Black Liberation groups. Results in infamous
"COINTELPRO" program (still being used today).

1968 -- Battle of Lincoln Park;
Democratic Convention in Chicago:
demonstrations & police riot

1984 -- In Cold Blood?: Truman Capote dies.
Southern Gothic novelist

1985 -- White House confirms Beloved &
Respected Comrade Fink (see 1819 entry today)
Ronnie Reagun was an FBI informant (with his
own secret number) in Hollywood in the late
1940s while heading the Screen Actors Guild.

      "Thanks for a nation of finks.
       Thanks for a nation where nobody
       is allowed to mind their own
       business."

                     ---William S. Burroughs

1997 -- Robert Pinget dies. Novelist & playwright.




   

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