Sunday, August 23, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 23

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On this day in the year 79 AD , the European continent's only active volcano,  Vesuvius , blows its top. Thousands die, asphyxiated ...
Saturday, August 22, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 22

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On this day in 564 , Saint Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness , Scotland. *** On this day in 1485 , the Battle of Boswor...
Friday, August 21, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 21

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On this dark night in the year 31,430 BC , the last living Neanderthal hides in a cave while a Cro-magnon hunting party waits outside, s...
Thursday, August 20, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 20

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On this day in 1000 , the foundation of the Hungarian state by Saint Stephen , first King of Hungary. Today celebrated as the National ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 19

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On this day in 295 BC  the first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus G...
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 18

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On this day in  1227 , the merciless  Genghis Khan  - who, beginning as a juvenile delinquent gang-leader in his early teens, led one of...
Monday, August 17, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 17

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On this day in 1862 , the Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River. ...
Sunday, August 16, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 16

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On this day in 1869 , a Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War. *** O...
Saturday, August 15, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 15

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On this day in 778 , the much-sung-about character or Roland is killed in the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. *** On this day in 1057 , K...
Friday, August 14, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 14

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On this day in 1888 , an audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan 's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordin...
Thursday, August 13, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 13

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On this day in 1831 , an atmospheric disturbance causes the sun to appear blue-green, which mystical-minded slave Nat Turner takes to ...
Wednesday, August 12, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 12

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On this day in 30 BC , the infamous Cleopatra VII Philopator , last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide, allegedly...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 11

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On this day in 3114 BC , the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Ma...
Monday, August 10, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 10

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On this day in 1755 , under the orders of Charles Lawrence , the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to...
Sunday, August 9, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 9

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On this day in 1173 , construction of the campanile of the cathedral of Pisa – now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa – begins. It will ...
Saturday, August 8, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 8

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On this day in 1955 , a conference is held in Geneva to discuss potential "peaceful uses" for the atomic bomb. My own personal fa...
Friday, August 7, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 7

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On this day in 1933 , the Iraqi government slaughters over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. The day becomes known as Assyrian Ma...
Thursday, August 6, 2026

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On this day in 1890 , at Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair. ...
Wednesday, August 5, 2026

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On this day in 1570 , a group of Spanish Jesuits led by Fray Batista Segura arrives in the Chesapeake Bay area of Virginia in order to c...
Tuesday, August 4, 2026

PARACULTURAL CALENDAR FOR AUGUST 4

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On this day in the year 70 AD , Jerusalem’s Second Temple , located on the Temple Mount (aka Mount Zion) is destroyed by Roman occupiers....