AUGUST 26 — JULIO CORTÁZAR
Cronopio? Fama? Fine leftist novelist, Hopscotchplayer.
AUGUST 26, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY.
ALSO ON AUGUST 26 IN HISTORY…
1786 — Shay’s Rebellion, armed insurrection, begins, Western Massachusetts.
1880 — Guillaume Apollinaire born, Rome, Italy.
1904 — British writer Christopher Isherwood born, High Lane, Cheshire.
1910 — American philosopher William James dies, Chocoura, New Hampshire.
1914 — Argentine novelist Julio Cortazar born, Brussels, Belgium.
1920 — 19th Amendment guarantees U.S. women’s right to vote.
1937 — “Gimme a pigfoot” chanteuse Bessie Smith dies, Clarksdale, Mississippi.
1968 — Pigasus, a true porker, wins Yippie! nomination for U.S. President.
1970 — “Alice Doesn’t” Day. (Unfortunately, Alice still does, more than ever.)