The Battle of Hayes Pond was an armed confrontation between members of a Ku Klux Klan organization and Native Americans of the Lumbee Tribe at a Klan rally near Maxton, North Carolina, on the night of January 18, 1958. The rally was planned by Klan leader James W. "Catfish" Cole who sought to uphold racial segregation in Robeson County. Cole hoped his gathering would have a large turnout and widely advertised it, infuriating the Lumbee community. On the night of the rally, hundreds of Lumbees, many armed, encircled the Klansmen in the field at Hayes Pond where they had assembled. After an altercation in which the single light in the field was destroyed, the Lumbees began firing their weapons and most of the Klansmen fled. The Lumbees then seized Klan regalia before police restored order. Afterwards, Cole was convicted for inciting a riot. The event was widely covered in the local and national press.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1535:

Francisco Pizarro founded Ciudad de los Reyes (present-day Lima, Peru) as the capital of the lands he conquered for the Spanish crown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Lima

1866:

Wesley College, one of the largest schools in Australia by enrolment, was established in Melbourne. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_College_%28Victoria%29

1958:

Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins played his first game in the National Hockey League, becoming the first black Canadian in professional ice hockey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_O%27Ree

1990:

In a sting operation conducted by the FBI, Marion Barry, the mayor of Washington, D.C., was arrested for possession of crack cocaine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Barry

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

banausic: 1. (formal) Of or pertaining to technical matters; mechanical. 2. (formal) Uncultured, unrefined, utilitarian. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/banausic

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I've concluded that anarchism is an impractical ideal. Nowadays, I regard myself as a libertarian. I suppose an anarchist would say, paraphrasing what Marx said about agnostics being "frightened atheists," that libertarians are simply frightened anarchists. Having just stated the case for the opposition, I will go along and agree with them: yes, I am frightened. I'm a libertarian because I don't trust the people as much as anarchists do. I want to see government limited as much as possible; I would like to see it reduced back to where it was in Jefferson's time, or even smaller. But I would not like to see it abolished. I think the average American, if left totally free, would act exactly like Idi Amin. I don't trust the people any more than I trust the government.   --Robert Anton Wilson https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_Anton_Wilson