Oct. 19 Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — Lu Xun

Lu XUN
OCTOBER 19 — LU XUN
Famed Chinese writer of rebellion and revolution.

OCTOBER 19 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
FEAST OF THE WICKED SCAM.
LAILAT UL QADR.

ALSO ON OCTOBER 19 IN HISTORY…
1433 — Metaphysical giant Marsilio Ficino born, Figline, Florentice Republic.
1745 — Irish satirist and scatological critic Jonathan Swift dies, Dublin, Ireland.
1781 — Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown; world turned upside down.
1862 — Auguste Lumière, French film pioneer, born.
1895 — Architect and culture critic Lewis Mumford born, Flushing, New York.
1899 — Guatemalan novelist Miguel Angel Asturias born, Guatemala City.
1936 — Chinese revolutionist, writer Lu Xun dies, Shanghai.
1983 — Grenadan leader Maurice Bishop killed in internal political coup, Grenada.
1987 — “Black Monday” stock market crash, world-wide.

Excerpted from The 2010 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective

Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint – Cochise

cochise
June 9 — Cochise
Chiricahua Apache chief, resistance leader.
Listen to Dan Carlin’s awesome podcast about the the Chircahua and Apache wars.

JUNE 9, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*Shillingstone, England: Tallest Maypole Day.
*Feast of the Birth of the White-Breasted Giantess

ALSO ON JUNE 9 IN HISTORY…
1870 — British social novelist Charles Dickens dies, Kent, England.
1874 — Great Apache chieftain Cochise dies, Chiricahua, Arizona.
1893 — Witty, gay American songwriter Cole Porter born, Peru, Indiana.
1902 — Anti-anarchist law passed in Washington.
1934 — Animated film star Donald Duck born.
1974 — Guatemalan novelist, diplomat Miguel Angel Asturias dies, Paris, France.

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