________________________________________________ A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ ________________________________________________ 1540 - Beheading of Thomas Cromwell. He was a bit hacked off... 1620 - Wee Hours?: RNI, Brooklyn pirate radio station, begins broadcasting at 1620 AM. ( . . . ) 1637 - Stool Pigeon?: Jenny Geddes throws a stool at the Dean of St. Giles Church in Edinburgh, in protest against the new Prayer- book of King Charles I. 1846 - Protesting slavery & U.S. involvement in the Mexican War, Henry David Thoreau refuses to pay his $1 poll tax & is put in jail ( . . . ) 1881 - London socialist life is enlivened by the International Revolutionary Congress. Many advanced parties & groups formed outside of the Marxist-dominated International & felt the need to meet & discuss ideas & action. Long reports may be found in the "Revolte" ( . . . ) 1888 - Detective writer Raymond Chandler lives (1888-1959), Chicago. Fine writer of class-conscious detective fiction. Kenneth Rexroth on Chandler & Hammett: "The secret of this kind of writing is that it isn't buying anything & it isn't selling anything.” 1892 - Alexander Berkman attempts to assassinate the despised Henry Clay Frick ( . . . ) 1927 - The anarchosyndikalistische "Gegenkultur" forms a network of the most diffuse currents & unions ( . . . ) FAUD ( . . . ) 1934 - US: Sacramento, California cops arrest 22 farmworkers. 1940 - John Nichols, lives. Author ( . . . ) The Milagro Beanfield War. 1944 - Max Nettlau (1865-1944) dies of stomach cancer in Amsterdam ( . . . ) 1967 - Start of Detroit upheavals, seven days of social unrest, fighting with cops, anti-business & anti-government actions ( . . . ) 1968 - Police kill seven in standoff with black nationalists in Cleveland, Ohio ( . . . ) 1968 - Student demonstrations for university & political reforms. They continue for the next three days, & on July 26 (anniversary of the Castro takeover in Cuba) demonstrate in support of the Castro regime, in Mexico City. ( . . . ) 1973 - International Court grants injunction against French nuclear testing after petition by Australia & New Zealand. 1980 - Terrorist?: Billy Carter, brother of Beloved & Respected Comrade Leader Peanut Farmer Jimmy Carter, admits to being paid by Libya. 1980 - Mollie Steimer (1897-1980) dies, at her home in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Russian-American-Jewish-Mexican anarchist & labor agitator ( . . . ) 1983 - Poland: Martial law lifted. "Anarchy will not return," says the communist Beloved & Respected Comrade Leader dictator. 1983 - Canada: Mass protest of U.S. cruise missile tests in Canadian subarctic, Cold Lake, Alberta. 1987 - John Poindexter is reported to have used the phrase "I can't recall," or some variation thereof, 184 times during his five days of testimony. 1990 - Joe Turner jazz pianist, dies at 82 of arrest. 1998 - Korea: Following government repression & massive job dismissals, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) launches a general strike ( . . . ) "Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put in." ---Tom Lehrer, mathematician/philosopher anti-copyright 1999 -- Dave Brown Entries excerpted / abbreviated from today's Daily Bleed... ("History Granny forgot to tell you!"). Unexpurgated version: http://www.eskimo.com/~recall/bleed/0723.htm Updated & emailed daily; archived / accessible for everyday of the year: http://www.eskimo.com/~recall/bleed/calmast.htm What happened on your birthday? You do have one? Contact us to subscribe to the full daily updated mailings directly. "Free thought, necessarily involving freedom of speech & press, I may tersely define thus: no opinion a law -- no opinion a crime." ---Alexander Berkman ******** The A-Infos News Service ******** COMMANDS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] REPLIES: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HELP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.ainfos.ca/ INFO: http://www.ainfos.ca/org
