// Cse 143 Project 2x
// Jolene Catalane
// Section JJ
//
// Dates of the Unexplained/Conspricacy dates
//
//  From:  Book of the Unexplained
//  By:    Jane Goldman
//  Published:  Simon & Schuster 1996
//  Discovered:  10/25/2002
//
//  This book takes a look at things from the
//  tv show 'The X-Files', but real dates for
//  actual interesting events related to odd
//  things or conspiracies are given.
May 3, 1972
President Hoovers death occurred.
1908
US Attorney Gen. Charles J. Bonaparte put together a special force to investigate criminal cases for the Dept. of Justice.
1991
A Roper Org. surveying almost 6k Amer. were widely inter. as proof that a numbers of citizens had been abducted by aliens.
August 15, 1977
The 'Big Ear' telescope in Ohio received a minute long transmission stronger then any received before.
1974
The Arcebo radio telescope sent out a 'beacon signal' which would reach 300,000 stars over 25,000 years time.
1977
Voyager I & II were launched into space carrying pieces of our culture.
1994
The first planets outside our Solar System were discovered.
December 5, 1945
Five Grumman TBM Avengers took off from Naval Air Station in Fort Lauderdale and disappeared into the Bermuda Triangle.
1994
Chupacabras' (goat sucker) were first reported as seen in Puerto Rico, and later spread to Southern major cities.
1990
Nigeria was gripped by a rumour that evil sorcerers were staling people's breasts and penises.
October 30, 1938
A radio rendition of H.G. Wells' classic story 'The War of the Worlds' caused quite a panic over the radio.
1985
An improved version of burundanga (a drug) was created and became a wonder for criminals.
1957
Subliminal messages were first tested and run during movies for food, popcorn and Coca-Cola.  Sales did immprove.
1945
Alfred Hitchock wrote the black and white thriller 'Spellbound.'
1930
African-American sharecroppers suffering from syphilis were ID by the US Public Health Service, but not treated/recorded.
1972
FDA officials estimated more than 90% of all investigational drugs were first tested on prisoners.
September 22, 1945
Plague-laden suicide bombers were suppose to attack San Diego, and infect the entire western seaboard.
June 17, 1925
Earths powerful nations decided they no longer wanted to live in a world of madmen.  The Geneva Protocol was contracted.
1972
Two psychiatrists studied 15 years of homicides in Fl and found significant correlation between killings and the moon cycles.
May 5, 1979
St Barthelemy died of a heart-attack.
August 12, 1966
An African-American women died a day before her birthday due to a possible hex for being born on Friday the 13th.
1923
A shadowgraph image of a wastepaper basket was discovered on wooden floorboards after a lightning storm.