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donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy birthday to the Mars Curiosity Rover, which landed on Mars 8/5/2012. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CuriosityRover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CuriosityRover</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy birthday, Louis Armstrong (b. 8/4/1901 in New Orleans). </p><p>"There is a God, and he plays the trumpet" (Grant Morrison, Doom Patrol)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jazz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Satchmo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Satchmo</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy birthday, Herman Melville (b. 8/1/1819)!</p><p>“God keep me from ever completing anything. This whole book is but a draught—nay, but the draught of a draught. Oh, Time, Strength, Cash, and Patience!" (Moby-Dick, Ch. 32)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HermanMelville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HermanMelville</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MobyDick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobyDick</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Today’s the anniversary of Jimmy Hoffa’s disappearance (7/30/1975) and of the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist (discovered 7/30/2012). Coincidence? Or more…?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JimmyHoffa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimmyHoffa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatCanadianMapleSyrupHeist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatCanadianMapleSyrupHeist</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy birthday, NASA!</p><p>The National Aeronautics and Space Act was signed by Dwight Eisenhower 7/29/1958.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy birthdays to 2 great Dadaists: Beatrix Potter (b. 7/28/1866) &amp; Marcel Duchamp (b. 7/28/1887)!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dada</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy National New Jersey Day!</p><p>Never underestimate the staggering drawing power of the Garden State...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewJerseyDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewJerseyDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NJ</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy Bog Day!</p><p><a href="https://bogday.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bogday.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BogDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BogDay</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>(Un)happy anniversary of the Erfurt Latrine Disaster (7/26/1184), when 60 people died after the floor collapsed during an assembly of nobles with Henry VI of Germany, dumping attendees into a cesspit 2 floors below!</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt_latrine_disaster" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erfurt_l</span><span class="invisible">atrine_disaster</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ErfurtLatrineDisaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErfurtLatrineDisaster</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ErfurterLatrinensturz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErfurterLatrinensturz</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy birthday to the Typographer Machine! </p><p>On 7/23/1829, William Austin Burt patented his Typographer Machine, a precursor to the typewriter. <a href="https://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?pn=X5581&amp;id=33563" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">datamp.org/patents/displayPate</span><span class="invisible">nt.php?pn=X5581&amp;id=33563</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTechnology</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy birthday, Steve Albini (b. 7/22/1962)! </p><p>Still can't believe he's gone. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy Pi Approximation Day!</p><p><a href="http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=955" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">qwantz.com/index.php?comic=955</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FailureIsJustSuccessRoundedDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FailureIsJustSuccessRoundedDown</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy birthdays to Ernest Hemingway (b. 1899), Marshall McLuhan (b. 1911), &amp; Gary Trudeau (b. 1948).</p><p>Only one of them wrote "The road to hell is paved with unbought stuffed dogs", but which one was it?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hemingway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hemingway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/McLuhan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>McLuhan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Doonesbury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Doonesbury</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy anniversary of the faking of the moon landing!</p><p>Apollo 11 "landed" on the "moon" 7/20/1969.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apollo11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apollo11</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoonLanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoonLanding</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy Rosetta Stone Day!</p><p>On 7/15/1799, the Rosetta Stone was found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RosettaStone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RosettaStone</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy Bastille Day and/or National Nude Day! </p><p>Should the authors of the French Revolution done so in the nude? Would things have turned out differently if they had executed clothiers instead of aristocrats? These are questions for a greater political philosopher than me. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BastilleDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BastilleDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalNudeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalNudeDay</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy birthday to Dada, whose manifesto was issued 7/14/1916. </p><p>The goal of Dada, according to Hugo Ball, was to "get rid of everything that smacks of journalism, worms, everything nice and right, blinkered, moralistic, europeanised, enervated."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dada</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy birthday, Amedeo Modigliani (b. 7/12/1884)!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Modigliani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Modigliani</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy birthday, Nikola Tesla (b. 7/10/1856)!</p><p><a href="http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=61" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=</span><span class="invisible">61</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NikolaTesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NikolaTesla</span></a></p>
donutage (Bill Cole)<p>Happy first day of the Encierro (Pamplona’s Running of the Bulls)!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnofficialDiaryDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnofficialDiaryDates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Encierro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encierro</span></a></p>
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