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0468
Pope Hilarius died.
1212
Honen, founder of the Jodo sect of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism, died in Kyoto.
1468
Pope Paul III was born. Paul would play an important role in the Protestant Reformation, excommunicating King Henry VIII of England, giving official approval to the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), initiating the Inquisition against Protestants, and more.
1528
Scottish reformer Patrick Hamilton was burned at the stake at the age of 24, making him one of the first martyrs of the Scottish Reformation.
1692
The Salem Witch Trials began when Tituba, the female slave of the Reverend Samuel Parris, Sarah Goode, and Sarah Osborne were all arrested and accused of witchcraft.
1736
Anna Lee, founder of the Shaker movement in America, was born in Manchester, England.
1904
Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenberdorft Sr. was born near Hamburg, Germany; he had a Christian name for every letter in the alphabet and shortened it to Mr Wolfe Plus 585 Sr.
2000
Religion in Public Schools: Ring Lardner Middle School in Michigan suspended science teacher Cheril Malinowski for three days after she loaned a Wiccan book to one of her students. The student was doing a report on herbal healing. Loaning any religious book to a student was a violation of the principle of separation of church and state, because the loan implied school support for a specific religion. The student involved loaned the book to second student. The parents of the latter student, the Wozniaks, had stolen the book and refused to return it. There were allegations that supporters of the teacher had issued threats against the Wozniak daughter and others. The Wozniaks alleged that the book contained information about "Satanic rituals, pentagrams, daggers for sacrifice and how to build an altar."
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