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Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — IOAN CULIANU

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May 21– IOAN CULIANU
Martyred Romanian historian of religion, philosopher, magic.

MAY 21, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*Feast of the Triple Scoop.

ALSO ON MAY 21 IN HISTORY…
1471 — German artist Albrecht Dürer born, Nuremberg, Germany.
1690 — John Eliot, “Apostle to the Indians,” dies.
1844 — “Douanier” Henri Rousseau born, Lavalle, Mayenne, France.
1886— Universologist Stephen Pearl Andrews dies, New York City.
1904 — Jazz musician “Fats” Waller born, New York, New York.
1926 — Black Mountain, Beat poet Robert Creeley born, Arlington, Mass.
1935 — Hull House founder, social activist Jane Addams dies, Chicago, Illinois.
1956 — First aerial test of H-Bomb makes Bikini Atoll unlivable.
1991 — Romanian religious historian Ioan Culianu assassinated, Chicago, Illinois

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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Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint – ERICH MÜHSAM

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APRIL 6 — ERICH MÜHSAM
German anarchist poet, murdered by the Nazis.

APRIL 6 festivals:
* France: FÊTE OF THE LITTLE BOATS — A children’s festival involving little pine boats with lighted candles.
* GO FOR BROKE DAY.

ALSO ON APRIL 6 THROUGH HISTORY…
1528 — German engraver Albrecht Dürer dies.
1712 — New York City slave revolt begins.
1812 — Anarcho-socialist theorist Alexander Herzen born, Moscow, Russia.
1820 — Photographer, caricaturist Nadar (Félix Tournachon), born, Paris, France.
1825 — Phantasist painter Gustave Moreau born.
1830 — Angelic tablet finder Joseph Smith founds Mormon Church.
1832 — Black Hawk War begins.
1866 — American muckraker Lincoln Steffens born, San Francisco, California.
1878 — German anarchist poet Erich Mühsam born, Berlin, Germany.
1896 — First modern Olympics, Athens, Greece.

All info courtesy The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective