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Flag of the Nation of Islam
The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930. It is centralized, hierarchical, and committed to black nationalism; membership is open only to people of color. Practitioners are expected to live disciplined lives, adhering to patriarchal gender roles, strict dress codes and specific dietary requirements. The NOI campaigns for the creation of an independent African-American nation-state and calls for African Americans to be economically self-sufficient. In 2007, it was estimated to have 50,000 members. While describing itself as Islamic and using Islamic terminology, its religious tenets differ substantially from orthodox Islamic traditions. Scholars of religion characterize it as a new religious movement. Muslim critics accuse the NOI of promoting teachings that are not authentically Islamic. Other critics have characterized it as a hate group that promotes antisemitism, racism against white people, and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. (Full article...)
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Victoria Hall
- ... that Victoria Hall (pictured), a National Historic Site of Canada, was gutted by fire weeks after its centennial?
- ... that consumer rights activist Mary Bach successfully sued Walmart in 2011 over a matter of two cents?
- ... that the works of Edith Maryon include sculptures of a witch on a broomstick, a dance from Peer Gynt, and a child sucking its thumb?
- ... that a Nintendo 3DS game was originally planned to be available for six months, but was still available almost seven years later until the 3DS eShop closed in March 2023?
- ... that Maggi Rubenstein has been called the "godmother of sex education"?
- ... that Bryan Cranston wore a suit of 10,000 bees for a scene in the first season of Malcolm in the Middle, but was stung only once?
- ... that OneBlood served about 90 percent of Florida's blood-donation needs in 2015?
- ... that a 1991 US postage stamp based on a print by Sabra Field sold more than 60 million copies?
- ... that Poland has a monument to something that never happened?
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Mikel Arteta
- A suicide bombing targeting a shuttle train in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, kills at least 48 people.
- In association football, Arsenal (manager Mikel Arteta pictured) win the Premier League.
- A gas explosion at a coal mine in Changzhi, Shanxi, China, leaves at least 82 people dead.
- Author Yang Shuang-zi and translator Lin King win the International Booker Prize for Taiwan Travelogue.
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Massacre of the Jews of Metz, by the 19th-century painter Auguste Migette
- 1096 – The largest of the Rhineland massacres (depicted) took place in Mainz, where at least 1,100 Jews were killed by the People's Crusade.
- 1896 – The St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado, one of the deadliest and most destructive tornadoes in U.S. history, struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing more than 255 people and injuring at least 1,000 others.
- 1983 – An explosion at an illegal fireworks factory near Benton, Tennessee, killed eleven people.
- 2001 – Twenty tourists were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants in Palawan, Philippines, triggering a hostage crisis that lasted for more than a year.
- 2014 – The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada were formed.
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- Margrethe Munthe (b. 1860)
- Sophie Walker (b. 1971)
- Jérémy Doku (b. 2002)
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Jonathan Trumbull
There have been 69 governors of Connecticut, serving 73 distinct spans in office, since the American Revolution. The governor is the head of government of the U.S. state of Connecticut, and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Connecticut General Assembly and to convene the legislature. The longest terms in office were that of the first governor, Jonathan Trumbull (pictured), who served more than fourteen years (but including seven years as colonial governor) from 1769 to 1784, and his son, Jonathan Trumbull Jr., who served more than eleven years solely as state governor from 1797 to 1809. The shortest term was that of Hiram Bingham III, who served only one day in 1925 before resigning to take an elected seat in the United States Senate. Additionally, Lowell Weicker, elected to a term in 1990 representing A Connecticut Party, is noted for a rare third-party win in American politics. The incumbent governor is Ned Lamont, who assumed office in 2019. (Full list...)
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Althea Gibson (1927–2003) was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. On May 27, 1956, she became the first African American to win a Grand Slam title (the women's singles at the 1956 French Championships). The following year, she won both Wimbledon and the US Nationals, then won both championships again in 1958. She was voted Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press in both years. Gibson won a total of eleven Grand Slam tournaments: five singles titles, five doubles titles, and one mixed doubles title. In the early 1960s, she also became the first Black player to compete on the Women's Professional Golf Tour. This photograph of Gibson holding a tennis racket was taken in 1956 by Fred Palumbo for the New York World-Telegram and The Sun. Photograph credit: Fred Palumbo; restored by Adam Cuerden
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