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02-14-2004, 06:31 AM
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Valentine's Day...This Day In History
Valentine's Day...This Day In History
Feb 14 The eve of the Roman feast of Lupercalia. Naked youths would run through Rome, anointed with the blood of sacrificed dogs and goats, waving thongs cut from the goats. If a young woman was struck by the thong, fertility was assured. Pope Gelasius I decided this was a bit too much, and co-opted the Roman holiday to be the Feast of St. Valentine in 484 A.D. Feb 14 1779 English explorer Captain James Cook and some of his crew are slaughtered by angry Hawaiian islanders, after he tried to take a Hawaiian chief hostage over a dispute regarding a stolen boat. Feb 14 1929 The Capone gang kills six members of the "Bugs" Moran gang and one other person at the S.M.C. Cartage company in Chicago, in an event known as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Bogus police officers were used so that it appeared to be a routine police bust. Except for all the bodies. Feb 14 1979 Walter Carlos, the musician who created "Switched on Bach" and the score of "A Clockwork Orange", reveals to the world that he has had a sex change operation and is henceforth to be referred to as Wendy. Feb 14 1989 Ayatollah Khomeini issues a takfir against Salman Rushdie, for his writings in the Satanic Verses. The act propels the otherwise uninteresting book into a bestseller.
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02-14-2004, 02:46 PM
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Bloodrayne
Where do you get these great weird news stories from?
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When I don't feel like sifting through ALL of the worldy news...I usually just check Rotten.com...or Ogrish.com...But, really...These stories are just about everywhere on the net:)
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Thanks bloodrayne
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