Why was June 16th a day to re-Joyce?

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That was Bloomsday. [Jun 17 04 1:36 AM] Senior Moments writes: In explanation of the previous reply - it is a much remarked-upon irony that Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses is not only set in Dublin, but never allows us to forget it. The novel recounts the hour-by-hour events of one day in Dublin—June 16, 1904—as an ordinary Dubliner, Leopold Bloom, wends his way through the urban landscape, the odyssey of a modern-day Ulysses. Streets, shops, pubs, churches, bridges—something of Dublin pops up on nearly every page. The city is always in our peripheral vision no matter how notoriously impenetrable Joyce's prose becomes. Bloomsday — June 16th — is an annual celebration among Joyce fans throughout the world, from Fort Lauderdale to Melbourne. It is celebrated in at least sixty countries worldwide, but nowhere so imaginatively, of course, as in Dublin. There the events of Leopold Bloom's day are reenacted by anyone who cares to participate, and his itinerary is followed all across Dublin. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bloomsday.html Jun 17 04, 12:50 AM

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