Primary & Secondary References
Primary Dates
- September 8 (9/8)
- December 14 (12/14)
Secondary Reference Dates / Numbers Used Elsewhere in the Record
- December 20 (12/20)
- 8, 9, 12, 14, 20
- 9 × 8 = 72
JURY APPENDIX • ALIGNED DATES AS ATTENTION MARKERS
EXHIBIT A — ALIGNED DATE/NUMBER EXHIBIT
Primary & secondary references entered as an index of aligned facts referenced throughout the record.
A
FOUNDATIONAL RECORD
Limiting Instruction
- This exhibit is offered solely as an index of date-aligned facts referenced in witness testimony throughout the proceedings.
- All alignments are presented as attention markers, not causes, predictions, or explanations of tragedy.
- No meaning is assigned to loss, and no claim of inevitability or divine causation is made.
- This exhibit functions as a navigational appendix for the jury.
Foundational Testimony
The Plaintiff (Foundational Chronology)
Aligned Date Fact
September 8 — shared family birthday (brother “David” / sister “Mary”), forming the marker “9/8.”
Mary and David are highly significant characters in Jesus’ Passion story.
Aligned Date Fact
December 14 — first date between Plaintiff and future spouse.
Aligned Date Fact
December 20 — second date (Titanic).
Aligned Date / Numeric Fact
8–9–12–14–20 preserved as a personal attention-marker framework.
The numbers originated in relationship and love, not prediction. Their resonance was recognized only later, after tragedy prompted reflection.
Encounters with the Story of Jesus
The Passion of The Christ (2004 film) • Anne Catherine Emmerich
Aligned Date Fact
September 8 — birth.
Catholic mystic whose visions of Christ’s Passion served as primary source material for The Passion of the Christ. Her visions are from Mary’s point of view. In Catholic tradition, September 8 is a feast day celebrating the birth of Mary — Marymas.
Fall of Jerusalem (70 AD) • Flavius Josephus
Aligned Date Fact
September 8, 70 AD — fall of Jerusalem.
First-century historian grounding Jesus’ apocalyptic warnings in historical events. In the Olivet Discourse (Matt 24), Jesus predicted the destruction of the Second Temple and Jerusalem.
Jesus Returned in Female Form • Mother Ann Lee
Aligned Date Fact
September 8 — death.
Founder of the Shakers; followers believed she was Christ returned in female form.
Jesus as the Root of David • Michelangelo’s David
Aligned Date Fact
September 8, 1504 — unveiling of David in Florence.
King David as enduring theological and cultural symbol; messianic expectation tied to David’s throne.
Power, Authority & Moral Choice
British Monarchy Context
- King Richard I — September 8, 1157 — born
- King George III — September 8, 1761 — met Princess Charlotte; married same day
- Queen Victoria — December 14, 1861 — death of Prince Albert; December 14, 1878 — death of Princess Alice
- King George VI — December 14, 1895 — born
- Queen Elizabeth II — September 8, 2015 — surpassed Queen Victoria’s reign; September 8, 2022 — died
United States & Modern Political Power
- George Washington — December 14, 1799 — died
- Richard Nixon — September 8, 1974 — presidential pardon
- Evel Knievel — September 8, 1974 — Snake River Canyon jump
- Donald J. Trump — December 14, 2020 — first COVID vaccine administered in U.S.; Electoral College certification
Civil War — Power, Division & Moral Reckoning
American Civil War (1861–1865)
- April 12, 1861 — Civil War began
- April 9, 1865 — Civil War ended
Abraham Lincoln
- April 14, 1865 — shot (Good Friday)
- Assassin captured 12 days later
- 8 individuals executed or imprisoned for conspiracy
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
- September 8 — birth
Context preserved: a national rupture over slavery, union, and moral authority; long struggle toward reconciliation.
Catastrophe & Technology Idolatry
Isaac Cline / Galveston Hurricane
- September 8, 1900 — Galveston hurricane
Titanic (Event & Film)
- Ship struck iceberg 20 minutes before midnight on April 14, 1912
- 20 lifeboats for over 2,200 passengers
- Ship designed in 1908
- Film won Best Picture at 1998 Academy Awards
- The Wreck of the Titan (1898) fictionalized a similar disaster
Redemption out of War
John F. Kennedy / Cuban Missile Crisis
- September 8, 1962 — first Soviet missiles (R12 and R14) delivered to Cuba
Wernher von Braun
- September 8, 1944 — first V-2 missile used against civilian population
Apollo Program
- December 14, 1972 — final crewed lunar mission departed the Moon
- Apollo 8 Christmas Eve broadcast (aligned number note preserved)
Context preserved: redirection of destructive power toward exploration; a moment that brought the world together.
Music as Cultural Memory & Redemption
- Ken Burns / Country Music — September 8 — birthdates of Jimmie Rodgers and Patsy Cline
- John Lennon — obsession with 9; recurrent use of 8 and 9; December 8 — death
- Sam Phillips — Rock ’n’ Roll origins; Rocket 88 reference
- Pink (Alecia Moore) — September 8, 1979 — birth
- Taylor Swift — “22” as participatory cultural moment
Sports as Communal Memory & Redemption
- Miracle on Ice — February 22, 1980
- 1972 Summit Series — 8 games; 9 × 8 = 72
- Michael Jordan — “The Shot” (1989) & (1998); three-peat wins on June 12, 14, 20
- Chicago Cubs — McGwire record HR on Sept 8; 8 runs in 8th; redemption; 1908/108 year frame
- NFL — 1972 Dolphins; Bears Super Bowl 20; #72 “Refrigerator” Perry
- Muhammad Ali — 8th round KO (rope-a-dope)
- Wilma Rudolph — Olympic gold on September 8
- Tebow — 2011–12 season ended 8–8; “3:16 game” (attention-marker illustration)
- Tebow baseball — contract on September 8, 2016; Fireflies debut HR April 6, 2017; St. Lucie debut HR June 28, 2017
- First “Hail Mary” — Staubach #12 to Pearson #88
- Knute Rockne / George Gipp — died December 14
Closing Human Witness
Aligned Date Fact
Scarlett Lewis / Choose Love Movement — December 14, 2012 — Sandy Hook shooting.
Son Jesse left the message “NURTURIN HELIN LOVE” on a chalkboard before he died. It inspired the Choose Love Movement. Deliberate choice of love after tragedy. Love → Tragedy → Love mirrors The Great Invitation and the Passion story of Jesus.
Numeric Relationship Note
Numeric Relationship
9 × 8 = 72
Presented symbolically only. Reflects judgment (9) × renewal/Christ (8). Analogous to biblical symbolic multiplication.
Jury Notes
- This exhibit is a reference index, not an argument.
- Skepticism is preserved and encouraged.
- No additions permitted without formal amendment.
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