~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, Below, is the invitation to my next costume party. Everyone on Cypherpunks is invited. I hope to see a lot of you there. The last party was a HUGE success; this one should be even better. S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'M NOT 50 YET! The Pleasure of Your Company is Cordially Requested at the: Second Occasional Anarcho-Dilettante Pick-Your-Own-Damned-Theme Masquerade Ball And Hallowe'en Rehearsal 7:00 PM FRIDAY THE 13TH September 1996 650 Kenwyn Road (at McKinley) Oakland, CA Lots of stuff happened on September 13th. We're not going to tell you which one to commemorate. That's up to you. Check out the birthdays and historical events listed below. Pick one or go with something else. Your choice. But no matter what theme you pick, it's still a masquerade ball, so you MUST wear a costume (or at least a mask). NO EXCEPTIONS THE ENTERTAINMENT At 8:00pm there will be a Dance Recital featuring Rainbeau, Gracie, Tish, Blythe, Michelle and special guests. You DO NOT want to miss this. (Please, adults only. We regret that our house is very unsuitable for children.) DOOR PRIZES Around Midnight, there will be a drawing for valuable and/or unique Door Prizes. (You must be present to win.) THE EATS I'm poorer this time around, so don't expect a complete buffet as with past parties. There will be some snacks and soft drinks, but you are encouraged to bring things to share. As always, BYOB RSVP Whether or not you plan to attend, we need to hear from you. Please give one of your hosts a call so we can plan on your presence OR your absence. Invited guests may bring other persons with prior approval of the hosts. This means if there are people you would like to bring, call a host to get permission for each of those people. THE HOSTS Head Anarchist in Charge, Sandy Sandfort 510-839-3441/sandfort@crl.com House Hosts with the Most, Gracie & Zarkov 510-832-2044/emyrt@aol.com Communications Officer, Sameer Parekh 510-547-3617/sameer@c2.org SEPTEMBER 13 IN HISTORY Birthdays: 1755--Oliver Evans, pioneered high-pressure steam engine. 1766--Samuel Wilson ("Uncle Sam"). 1851--Walter Reed, US Army physician (yellow fever work). 1857--Milton Hershey, candy maker. 1860--General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, hero of WW I. 1876--Sherwood Anderson, US author ("Winesburg Ohio"). 1894--J.B. Priestley, English critic, playwright, and novelist ("Lost Empires"). 1905--Claudette Colbert (Claudette Chauchoin), actress. 1910--Chu Berry, saxophonist. 1916--Ronald Dahl, author ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"). 1925--Mel Torme, singer. 1928--Ernest L. Boyer, educator. 1928--Robert Indiana, artist. 1937--Fred Silverman, TV producer. 1938--Judith Martin, "Miss Manners", author, journalist. 1939--Larry Speakes, former White House spokesman. 1944--Jacqueline Bisset, actress ("Rich and Famous"). 1944--Peter Cetera, singer and songwriter. 1948--Nell Carter, actress. 1962--Cypherpunk, "Lucky Green." On this day... 122--Building of Hadrian's Wall began. 1592--Michel de Montaigne, French essayist, died. 1759--British defeated French at Abraham near Quebec City. 1759--James Wolfe, British General, died. 1788--Congress authorized the 1st US national election. 1788--New York City selected as location for US government. 1789--US received its first loan. 1803--Commodore John Barry, First American commodore who fought in the Revolutionary War, died. 1814--Battle over Ft. McHenry which inspired "The Star Spangled Banner." 1826--Rhinoceros 1st seen in NYC. 1899--1st automobile fatality. 1943--Chiang Kai-Shek became president of China. 1946--Ted Williams hit his only inside-the-park homer. 1946--Host Sandy Sandfort was -6 days old. 1950--70,000 UN troops landed at Inchon harbor (Korea). 1971--Attica State Prison stormed. 1983--Menachem Begin resigned as Israeli Prime Minister. 1988--Hurricane Gilbert hit the Caribbean. Another version of this invitation and a street map can be found at: http://www.c2.org/party/masquerade P.S. We love you so much, we want to make sure you do not miss any of our party. Therefore, you will be fined a Sprint fee (10 cents a minute, "one minute, two minutes...) for each minute you arrives after 8:00pm. The party starts at 7:00, so you get an hour for free. The late fee money will be used to defray costs. (We're not kidding. At the last party, more than $100 was collected.)