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0483
Felix III was elected pope.
1146
Saxon nobles meeting in Frankfurt ask Bernard of Clairvaux for permission to launch a Crusade on pagan Slavs in the east. Bernard would pass the request along to Pope Eugene III who gives his authorization for a Crusade against the Wends.
1911
L. Ron Hubbard, science-fiction author and founder of Scientology, was born.
1925
Tennessee's upper house passed 24-6 the Butler Act, a law which would prohibit the teaching of evolution in public schools. This law would later be challenged in the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial.
1938
Clarence Darrow died.
1981
Mehemet Ali Agca attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II.
1990
Bruno Bettelheim died. Bettelheim studied the effects of stress on personalities and how this, in turn, affected the behavior of groups. Due to his experiences at the hands of the Nazis, he was particularly interested in ways to help individuals defend themselves against the destructive tendencies of large institutions and groups.
1997
Mother Teresa was succeeded by Sister Nirmala as the head of her order.
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