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Old 06-16-2004, 08:00 PM
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Default Bloomsday.

Just a tiny literary trivia for today

June 16 was the day James Joyce chose for his character Ulysses Bloom to spend a few hours roaming though the streets of Dublin and thinking about his life.

This year is very special since it's the 100th anniversary of this fictional walk.

If someone's interested in knowing how come Joyce chose this date it's because it was the date when he had his first date with his wife Nora Joyce

Also on this date, Sylvia Plath married Ted Hughes in 1956 in Cambridge. They chose June 16 because it was Bloomsday!
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