MARCH 27 — KARL MANNHEIM
Lukacsian theorist of the sociology of knowledge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Mannheim
HOLIDAYS FOR MARCH 27
Ancient Rome: LIBERALIA, the Festival of the Vegetation God, Liber Pater, which in the third century B.C. exploded into the wild nocturnal orgies of the Bacchanalia, later suppressed by the state.
Egypt: SMELL THE BREEZES DAY. In the morning, smell a cut onion, get dressed up and head for a picnic in the country.
LAZY MOOCHER’S DAY. Mason City, Iowa: ROSA’S CANTINA DAY.
ALSO ON THIS DAY:
30 — Rebel leader Jesus condemned to death by crucifixion, rules Pontius Pilate.
1513 — Ponce de Leon sights Florida coastline, looking for a fountain of youth.
1893 — Lukácsian social theorist Karl Mannheim born, Budapest, Hungary.
1924 — Legendary jazz vocalist Sarah Vaughn born.
1968 — Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, first man in space, dies.