On This Date In History

September 20, 1961 -- Betty and Barney Hill claim they were abducted by aliens on this date, the birth of the alien abduction hysteria.

September 21, 1823 -- The Angel Moroni told Mormon founder Joseph Smith about golden plates.

September 23, 1186 -- The end of the world was predicted for 4:15 PM, when all planets were in Libra.

September 29, 1898, The birthday of Trofim Lysenko. Lysenko developed crackpot theories of genetics, but became one of Josef Stalin's darlings, and laid waste to Soviet science for decades. Legitimate scientists were killed or imprisoned, and the damage eventually caused widespread agricultural failure and famine.

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