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Oct. 24 Autonomedia Jubilee Saint—RAFAEL AZCONA FERNÁNDEZ


OCTOBER 24 — RAFAEL AZCONA FERNÁNDEZ
Prolific Spanish surrealist, satirist, screenwriter.

ALSO ON OCTOBER 24 IN HISTORY…
1644 — American colonial reformer William Penn born, London, England.
1868 — Feminist explorer Alexandra David-Neel born, Paris, France.
1911 — Death of lighthouse keeper, feminist Ida B. Lewis, Limerick, Rhode Island.
1926 —Spanish surrealist screenwriter Rafael Azona Fernández born, Logroño.
1940 — So-called 40-hour work-week established in U.S. — Hah!
1955 — Eighteen-day bout of “smog” claims Los Angeles, California.


Above: Alexandra David-Neel in typical Tibetan traveling clothes, 1927.

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 – CAMARÓN DE LA ISLA


DECEMBER 5 —CAMARÓN DE LA ISLA
Spanish nuevo flamenco cantaor, countercultural rebel.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPV4yJE6AcM

DECEMBER 5, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
Ancient Rome: FESTIVAL OF FAUNUS. Feasting and merrymaking.
Belgium: ST. NICHOLAS’ EVE. Black Peter, Nick’s Moorish servant,
drops down the chimney with gifts for children.

ALSO ON DECEMBER 5 IN HISTORY…
1786 — Shay’s Rebellion breaks out in Massachusetts.
1791 — Musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies, Vienna, Austria.
1885 — American sex/pol radical Louise Bryant born, Reno, Nevada.
1897 — Jewish mystic philosopher Gershom Scholem born, Berlin, Germany.
1901 — Animator, imagineer, amusement park builder Walt Disney born.
1901 — Theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg born, Würzburg, Bavaria.
1933 — 21st Amendment adopted, ending prohibition in U.S.
1955 — Nuevo flamencosinger Camarón de la Isla born, San Fernando, Spain.

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