Fantastic Universe was a U.S. science fiction magazine which began publishing in the 1950s. It ran for 69 issues, from June 1953 to March 1960, under two different publishers. It was part of the explosion of science fiction magazine publishing in the 1950s in the United States, and was moderately successful, outlasting almost all the other magazines of the period. The main editors were Leo Margulies (1954–1956) and Hans Stefan Santesson (1956–1960); under Santesson's tenure the quality declined somewhat, and the magazine became known for printing much UFO-related material. A collection of stories from the magazine, edited by Santesson, appeared in 1960 from Prentice-Hall, titled The Fantastic Universe Omnibus.

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1747:

The London Lock Hospital, the first clinic specialising in the treatment of venereal diseases, opened. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Lock_Hospital

1862:

American telescope-maker and astronomer Alvan Graham Clark first observed the faint white dwarf companion of Sirius , the brightest star in the night sky. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius

1961:

Aboard NASA's Mercury-Redstone 2, Ham the Chimp became the first hominid launched into outer space. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_the_Chimp

1968:

Vietnam War: Forces of the Viet Cong and the Vietnam People's Army launched the Tet Offensive to strike military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tet_Offensive

2007:

Suspects were arrested in Birmingham, UK, accused of plotting to kidnap, and eventually behead, a Muslim British soldier serving in Iraq. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Plot_to_behead_a_British_Muslim_soldier

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sedition (n): 1. The organized incitement of rebellion or civil disorder against authority or the state. 2. Insurrection or rebellion http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sedition

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A full-spectrum approach to human consciousness and behavior means that men and women have available to them a spectrum of knowing — a spectrum that includes, at the very least, the eye of flesh, the eye of mind, and the eye of spirit. --Ken Wilber http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ken_Wilber