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  2. List of religious movements that began in the United States

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    Unitarian Universalism, 1961 (consolidation of the Universalist Church and the AUA) Latter Day Saint movement / Mormonism, 1830. New Thought Movement, 1830s-onward. Divine Science, 1888. Unity Church, 1889. Science of Mind, 1927. Adventist / Millerites, 1840s. Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1863. Spiritualism, 1840s.

  3. List of mass hysteria cases - Wikipedia

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    List of mass hysteria cases. In sociology and psychology, mass hysteria is a phenomenon that transmits collective illusions of threats, whether real or imaginary, through a population and society as a result of rumors and fear. [1] [2] In medicine, the term is used to describe the spontaneous manifestation—or production of chemicals in the ...

  4. List of massacres in the United States - Wikipedia

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    1770 Mar 5. Boston. Massachusetts. 5. 5 Bostonians killed and 6 wounded by soldiers of the 29th Regiment of Foot. The killed and wounded were part of a mob which was harassing the soldiers, and the soldiers opened fire after being stoned by the crowd. [1] [2] Gnadenhutten massacre. 1782 Mar 8.

  5. Here are some of the weirdest things that happened in 2023 - AOL

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    Tick, mosquito and spotted lantern fly outbreaks made people crazy in 2023. Millions of Americans dealt with a surge of bugs this summer — from spotted lantern flies across the Northeast and ...

  6. United States racial unrest (2020–present) - Wikipedia

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    Over 14,000 (as of June 27, 2020) [6] Property damage. $1–2 billion (May 26 – June 8, 2020) [7] A wave of civil unrest in the United States, initially triggered by the murder of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, led to protests and riots against systemic racism in the United States, [8] [9] such ...

  7. 2002 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    January 11: Camp X-Ray (Guantanamo) January 5 – Charles Bishop, a 15-year-old student pilot, crashes a light aircraft into a building in Tampa, Florida, evoking fear of a copycat 9/11 terrorist attack. January 6 – The Boston Globe publishes a story detailing the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston sex abuse scandal.

  8. List of incidents and protests of the United States racial ...

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    At the event, they called for further investigation of the incident that led to Idd's death and the release of additional evidence in the case. 2021 Rochester protests, February 1, 2021. About 200 protesters marched in Rochester, New York, on February 1 after a nine-year-old girl was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed by police.

  9. 1936 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    July 13–14 – Peak of July 1936 heat wave: The U.S. states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana all set new state records for high temperature. At Mio in northern Michigan, it soars to 113 °F (45 °C). August 3 – African-American athlete Jesse Owens wins the 100-meter dash at the Berlin Olympics.