1907

by beau | Oct 8, 2012 | Cosmic COINTELPRO Timeline

Inspired by Galton’s ideas, the Eugenics Education Society of UK was founded with the explicit aim of spreading the doctrine of genetic improvement throughout the land. Galton became its honorary president in 1908. Galton’s protge, Karl Pearson, a...

1908

by beau | Oct 8, 2012 | Cosmic COINTELPRO Timeline

The Tunguska meteorite. A mysterious fireball exploded over Tunguska in Siberia, creating shock waves felt miles away and setting 1,200 acres on fire. In 1927, Russian scientists first visit the sight of the blast. They find no meteorite fragments. Robert Sterling...

1909

by beau | Oct 9, 2012 | Cosmic COINTELPRO Timeline

England. Mystery airships seen almost exclusively at night, once again visited many parts of Britain. Mostly described as oblong in shape and equipped with a large searchlight, the craft was capable of propelling itself through the air at great speed. Persian...

1910

by beau | Oct 9, 2012 | Cosmic COINTELPRO Timeline

With the financial support of the Harriman and Rockefeller families, Charles Davenport established the Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbour and appointed Harry Laughlin as its superintendent. Normandy. The crew of a French fishing boat operating off the coast...

1911

by beau | Oct 9, 2012 | Cosmic COINTELPRO Timeline

A political cartoon drawn by cartoonist Robert Minor for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1911 made an unusual statement. Minor’s cartoon portrays a bearded, beaming Karl Marx standing in Wall Street with Socialism tucked under his arm and accepting the...

1912

by beau | Oct 9, 2012 | Cosmic COINTELPRO Timeline

The psychologist Henry Goddard had introduced the Binet intelligence test to the US at the start of the century. This gave the eugenicists a way to quantify intelligence, and, more particularly, measure and define ‘idiots’, ‘imbeciles’ and...