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1098
The monastery in Citeaux, France was founded by St. Robert, marking the beginning of the Roman Catholic Cistercian religious order.
1349
Three thousand Jews were massacred in riots in Germany over losses from the Black Death.
1542
Henry VIII issued a a statute against witchcraft.
1843
Preacher William Miller of Massachusetts predicted the world would end on this date. Obviously, the world did not end, but Miller's ideas led to the creation of the Adventist churches in America.
1844
The Baha'i calendar began (Baha 1, 1).
1900
After the death of founder Dwight L. Moody, the Bible Institute for Home and Foreign Missions changed its name to Moody Bible Institute.
1925
Tennessee Governor Austin Peay signed into law a prohibition against the teaching of evolution in public schools. Later that year John Scopes would violate the law, leading to the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial.
1968
Israeli forces crossed Jordan River and attacked PLO bases.
1993
Pope John Paul II declared Duns Scotus a saint.
2001
Reversed: Pottawatomie County vs. Earls
How much latitude does a public school have in restricting a student's rights? Can schools force all students to submit to random drug testing merely as a condition of attendance? Can they force all students who participate in activities like band or soccer to submit to random drug testing?
2002
Pope John Paul II makes his first public statements about the scandal of sexual abuse of children by priests and the subsequent cover-ups: "As the church shows her concern for the victims and strive to respond in truth and justice to each of these painful situations, all of us... are called to commit ourselves more fully to the search for holiness."
2006
Naw-Ruz: the Baha'i New Year is celebrated after a month of fasting.
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