Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — U.G. KRISHNAMURTI

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July 9– U.G. KRISHNAMURTI
Indian philosopher, radical anti-guru.

JULY 9, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*Call of the Horizon Day.
*Festival of Grand Unified Theories.

ALSO ON JULY 9 IN HISTORY…
1856 — Scientific genius Nikola Tesla born, Smiljan, Croatia.
1858 — Anthropologist Franz Boaz born, Minden, Germany.
1918 — Indian anti-guru U.G. Krishnamurti born, Masulipatam, India.
1936 — American poet June Jordan born, Harlem, New York.
1977 — Radical American feminist Alice Paul dies, Moorestown, New Jersey.

Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective

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