Clarence 13X (1928–1969) was the American founder of the Five-Percent Nation, a group that split from the Nation of Islam (NOI). After army service during the Korean War, he served in the NOI as a security officer, martial arts instructor, and student minister before founding the new group in 1963. Believing that God could be found within every black man, he took the name Allah. He and a few assistants retained some NOI teachings but with novel interpretations, and rejected dress codes or strict behavioral guidelines—he allowed the consumption of alcohol, and at times, the use of illegal drugs. Clarence 13X was shot by an unknown assailant in 1964 but survived the attack. After an incident several months later in which he and several of his followers vandalized stores and fought with police, he was arrested and placed in psychiatric care; doctors said that he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia because he referred to himself as Allah. He was released from custody after a 1966 ruling by the Supreme Court placed limits on confinement without trial. Although he initially taught his followers to hate white people, he eventually began to cooperate with white city leaders. He was fatally shot in June 1969 by an unknown assailant. He has been held in high regard by Five Percenters, who celebrate his birthday as a holiday.
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1316:
The forces of the infante Ferdinand of Majorca fought against those loyal to Princess Matilda of Hainaut in the Battle of Picotin on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Picotin
1876:
Swedish woman Karolina Olsson went to sleep and purportedly fell into a state of hibernation for the next 32 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolina_Olsson
1909:
The sixteen United States Navy battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by Connecticut (pictured), completed a circumnavigation of the globe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Connecticut_(BB-18)
1995:
The photos taken by the Corona spy satellite program were declassified under an executive order signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona_(satellite)
2012:
A train failed to apply its brakes and crashed through a buffer stop at Once Station in Buenos Aires, resulting in 51 deaths and more than 700 injuries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Buenos_Aires_rail_disaster
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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated. --George Washington https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Washington
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