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Timeline of Scientology
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Scientology
((D)President Franklin D. Roosevelt takes office March 4, 1933)
>>>1938
L. Ron Hubbard authors a manuscript called "Excalibur" which contains ideas that were later incorporated into Scientology.
>>>1939
World War 2 Begins September 1, 1939
>>>1945
World War 2 Ends September 2, 1945
((D)President Franklin D. Roosevelt leaves office April 12, 1945)
((D)President Harry S. Truman takes office April 12, 1945)
>>>1952-----------------------------------------------------------------
((D)President Harry S. Truman leaves office January 20, 1953)
L.Ron Hubbard's Dianetics was converted into The Church of Scientology (Co$)
(Note: Richard Milhous Nixon took office as the 36th Vice-President of The United States of America January 20, 1953 (exits office 1961))
((R)President Dwight D. Eisenhower takes office January 20, 1953)
>>>1955-----------------------------------------------
The Vietnam War Begins November 1, 1955
>>>1956
The church is recognized as a tax-exempt religious organization in the United States.
>>>1959--------------------------------------------------------------
Hubbard moved to England and bought Saint Hill Manor in Sussex, from which he would direct international operations and expansion until 1967. (Note: England held the Nazi Generals in their prisons after the end of WW2, while the U.S. had the Nazi Scientists under the aegis of the CIA).
>>>1961
((R)Richard Milhous Nixon leaves office as the 36th Vice-President of The United States of America January 20, 1961 (took office in 1953))
((R)President Dwight D. Eisenhower leaves office January 20, 1961)
((D)President John F. Kennedy takes office January 20, 1961 in an election won against Richard M. Nixon.)
>>>1963
January 4: The US Food and Drug Administration raided the Original Founding Church of Scientology and seized approximately 100 of the Church's E-meters as illegal medical devices. The devices are now required to carry a disclaimer saying that they are a purely religious artifact. They are used in a Scientology counseling technique known as "auditing".
((D)John F. Kennedy was Assassinated November 22, 1963).
((D)President Lyndon B. Johnson takes office November 22, 1963)
>>>1965
The Church of Scientology was banned in several Australian states, starting with Victoria. The ban was based on the Anderson Report, which found that the auditing process involved "command" hypnosis, in which the hypnotist assumes "positive authoritative control" over the patient."
>>>1966
Narconon founded. (Scientology's "drug rehab" centers among their many undisclosed and disguised storefront operations)
>>>1967---------------------------------------------------
The IRS strips the Church of Scientology in California, Scientology's headquarters, of its tax-exempt status, asserting that its activities are commercial and operated for the benefit of Mr. Hubbard, rather than charitable or religious reasons.
OT III is made available to Scientologists. This level of Operating Thetan contains the story of Xenu, which becomes a source of enormous controversy for Scientology from the 1990s onward.
The Sea Organization (or Sea Org) officially established.
December 27: The first Advanced Organization, offering the advanced levels of Scientology to the public, was established aboard the Royal Scotman, the flagship of the Sea Organization. (This ship was later renamed the Apollo.)
>>>1968
(Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated on Thursday, April 4, 1968)
(Robert F. Kennedy assassinated June 6, 1968)
>>>1969
The U.S. court of appeals recognizes Scientology as a religion, marking the high point of the case of Scientology vs. the FDA.
((D)President Lyndon B. Johnson leaves office January 20, 1969)
((R)President Richard M. Nixon elected U.S. President January 20,1969)
>>>1970
February 22: Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles founded.
>>>1971
The FDA is ordered to return the materials and E-meters seized during the 1963 raid.
((R)Richard M. Nixon Resigned the Presidency before he could be impeached over the Watergate Scandal: August 9, 1974)
((R)President Gerald R. Ford takes office August 9, 1974)
>>>1975
Scientologists buy former Fort Harrison Hotel and old Bank of Clearwater.
Scientology is recognized as a non-profit organization in South Africa, despite the 1972 report of a formal government Commission of Inquiry that recommended otherwise.
((R)President Gerald Ford leaves office January 20, 1977)
((D)President Jimmy Carter takes office January 20, 1977)
>>>1977
Various locations of the Church of Scientology are raided by the FBI.
>>>1979
As a result of FBI raids, eleven senior people in the church's Guardian's Office were convicted of obstructing justice, burglary of government offices, and theft of documents and government property. (See Operation Snow White)
December: An estimated 3,000 gather at Clearwater City Hall to protest the church coming to Clearwater. Across the street, Scientologists stage a counter rally, dressed as clowns and wearing animal costumes.
>>>1980
Acquisition of the former White Rats Club building at 227 West 46th in the Broadway Theater District in New York City. The building was built in 1912 and the church acquired it from the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
((D)President Jimmy Carter leaves office January 20, 1981)
((R)President Ronald Reagan takes office January 20, 1981)
>>>1982
Clearwater's government holds hearings to explore allegations that the church is a cult.
>>>1983
The High Court of Australia overturns the Scientology ban, declaring that "The applicant has easily discharged the onus of showing that it is religious. The conclusion that it is a religious institution entitled to the tax exemption is irresistible."
The Church of Scientology of Toronto is raided. (See R. v. Church of Scientology of Toronto)
>>>1985
The Church of Scientology acquires yacht "Bohème" and renames it to "Freewinds".
>>>1986
January 24: Hubbard dies at his ranch near San Luis Obispo, California.
********************************************************
>>>1986
David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board of the Author Services Inc., becomes head.
((R)President Ronald Reagan Leaves Office January 20, 1989)
((R)President George H.W. Bush takes office January 20, 1989)
>>>1991
After the completion of a 4-year long program to reissue the books and courses of Dianetics and Scientology, a general amnesty is declared for members.
>>>1992
June: The Church of Scientology is found guilty on two counts of breach of the public trust in Ontario, Canada in R. v. Church of Scientology of Toronto and fined $250,000. Seven members are also convicted.
((R)George H.W. Bush leaves office January 20, 1993)
.............................................................>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
((D)President Bill Clinton takes office January 20, 1993)
>>>1993
December: The Internal Revenue Service of the United States grants full religious recognition and tax exemption to all Scientology Churches, missions and social betterment groups in that country.
>>>1994
December 24: a number of Scientology's confidential Operating Thetan documents are published on the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology through an anonymous remailer. This marks the beginning of Scientology's online activities, often referred to as Scientology versus the Internet.
>>>1995
July 20: The Supreme Court of Canada upholds the largest libel award in Canadian history against the Church of Scientology. (See Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto)
December 5: Lisa McPherson, a 36-year-old Scientologist dies after 17 days under the care of Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization. Police begin an investigation the following day.
>>>1996
The Church releases the Golden Age of Tech program with the express goal of improving and speeding up the training of its practitioners.
The Church of Scientology of Paris is closed due to non-payment of taxes. A new church reopens immediately.
>>>1997
February: McPherson's family files a wrongful-death lawsuit against the church.
The Church of Scientology, operating as the Greek Center of Applied Philosophy, is ordered closed in Greece. Decision upheld in 1998.
>>>1998
November: After reviewing the McPherson case for 11 months, State Attorney Bernie McCabe charges the Church of Scientology with two felonies: practicing medicine without a license and abuse of a disabled adult. Also, the church begins construction of the Flag Building, launching a $160-million construction project in downtown Clearwater, Florida.
>>>1999
The Charity Commission for England and Wales denies the Church of Scientology's application for charitable status, ruling that it is not a religion and that there is no established "public benefit arising out of the practice of Scientology". The Church does not appeal the decision.
November: The government of Sweden declares that the Church of Scientology is a charitable, non-profit organization with a religious purpose. A year later, the Church's ministers are granted the right to perform marriages, completing official recognition as a church in Sweden.
Bob Minton, a banker critical of Scientology, starts a protest organization called the Lisa McPherson Trust. The organization picketed Scientology buildings on the anniversary of McPherson's death. The group was disbanded in November 2001.
>>>2000
March: The Italian Supreme Court upholds Scientology's religious status in Italy while reaffirming that Narconon is a non-tax-exempt for-profit business.
Scientology ministers are granted the right to perform marriages in South Africa.
In the United Kingdom, the Church of Scientology is exempted from value added tax on the basis that it is a not-for-profit body.
June: McCabe drops the criminal case against the church, noting that the medical examiner's change of opinion about the cause of McPherson's death undercuts the prosecution's effort to prove the criminal case beyond a reasonable doubt.
>>>2001
((D)President Bill Clinton leaves office January 20, 2001)
((R)George H.W. Bush takes office January 20, 2001)
(Note: Terrorist attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon; also United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field near the Diamond T. Mine in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, near Indian Lake and Shanksville, during an attempt by some of the passengers to regain control, killing all 44 people aboard including the four hijackers. - September 11, 2001)
>>>2002
The government of New Zealand issues an official decree fully recognizing the Church of Scientology of New Zealand as an exempt religious and charitable organization.
The Austrian tax office concludes that the work of the Church of Scientology in Vienna is for the public benefit rather than anyone's personal profit, and grants that church tax-exempt status as a charitable religious organization.
July: A Paris judge rules that a 13-year-old case against the Church of Scientology alleging fraud and illegal practice of medicine cannot go to trial, due to lack of progress in the investigation. The judge rules that the statute of limitations has expired.
>>>2003
March: The National Ministry of the Interior for Taiwan recognizes the Church of Scientology of Taiwan as a charitable religious institution, officially adding it to the rolls of the country's recognized religions.
>>>2004
May: The church and the estate of Lisa McPherson reach a private settlement.
David Miscavige announces the Golden Age of Knowledge, a Church program intended to make all Scientology materials available. It starts with the release of 18 congresses.
>>>2005
The U.S. Department of State's 2005 Report on International Religious Freedom announces that the Church of Scientology has been registered as a religious group by the Kyrgyzstan State Commission on Religious Affairs.
>>>2006
Scientology applies for status as a religious confessional community in Austria, but later withdraws its application.
>>>2007-----------------------------------------------------------
In the next major step of the Golden Age of Knowledge program, 18 revised books and 11 lecture series are released.
April: the European Court of Human Rights rules against Russia for repeatedly refusing to consider the Moscow Church of Scientology's application for the status of a legally valid religious association. The court finds that the reasons given to deny re-registration of the church by the justice department and endorsed by the Moscow courts have no legal basis.
A Belgian state prosecutor recommends that a case should be brought against 12 physical persons associated with Scientology and two legal entities – the Belgian Church of Scientology and Scientology's Office of Human Rights – on counts of extortion, fraud, organized crime, obstruction of medical practice, illegal medical practice, invasion of privacy, conspiracy and commercial infractions like abusive contractual clauses. The proposal is referred to an administrative court who is to decide at a later date whether charges will be brought.
October 31: Scientology is formally recognized as a religion in Spain.
November: Scientology is officially recognized as a religion in Portugal.
December 3: South Africa grants the Church tax exemption and issues a certificate recognizing it as a "Public Benefit Organization".
December 7: German federal and state interior ministers formally express the view that the Scientology organization continues to pursue anti-constitutional goals and ask Germany's domestic intelligence agencies to collect and evaluate the necessary information that would be required for a possible judicial inquiry aimed at banning the organization. The move is criticized by politicians from all parts of the political spectrum, with legal experts expressing concern that an attempt to ban the organization would most likely fail in the courts. This view is echoed by the German intelligence agencies, who warn that a ban would be doomed to fail.
>>>2008
Internet-based group Anonymous launches Project Chanology, a worldwide protest against the Church of Scientology, which drew about 7,000 people in more than 93 cities on February 10, 2008.
November: Germany drops its attempt to ban Scientology, after finding insufficient evidence of illegal or unconstitutional activity. However, monitoring of Scientology's activities by the German intelligence services continues.
>>>2009
Scientologists convicted of fraud in France on October 27, 2009.
((R)President George W. Bush leaves office January 20, 2009)
((D)President Barack Obama takes office January 20, 2009)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Scientology
((D)President Franklin D. Roosevelt takes office March 4, 1933)
>>>1938
L. Ron Hubbard authors a manuscript called "Excalibur" which contains ideas that were later incorporated into Scientology.
>>>1939
World War 2 Begins September 1, 1939
>>>1945
World War 2 Ends September 2, 1945
((D)President Franklin D. Roosevelt leaves office April 12, 1945)
((D)President Harry S. Truman takes office April 12, 1945)
>>>1952-----------------------------------------------------------------
((D)President Harry S. Truman leaves office January 20, 1953)
L.Ron Hubbard's Dianetics was converted into The Church of Scientology (Co$)
(Note: Richard Milhous Nixon took office as the 36th Vice-President of The United States of America January 20, 1953 (exits office 1961))
((R)President Dwight D. Eisenhower takes office January 20, 1953)
>>>1955-----------------------------------------------
The Vietnam War Begins November 1, 1955
>>>1956
The church is recognized as a tax-exempt religious organization in the United States.
>>>1959--------------------------------------------------------------
Hubbard moved to England and bought Saint Hill Manor in Sussex, from which he would direct international operations and expansion until 1967. (Note: England held the Nazi Generals in their prisons after the end of WW2, while the U.S. had the Nazi Scientists under the aegis of the CIA).
>>>1961
((R)Richard Milhous Nixon leaves office as the 36th Vice-President of The United States of America January 20, 1961 (took office in 1953))
((R)President Dwight D. Eisenhower leaves office January 20, 1961)
((D)President John F. Kennedy takes office January 20, 1961 in an election won against Richard M. Nixon.)
>>>1963
January 4: The US Food and Drug Administration raided the Original Founding Church of Scientology and seized approximately 100 of the Church's E-meters as illegal medical devices. The devices are now required to carry a disclaimer saying that they are a purely religious artifact. They are used in a Scientology counseling technique known as "auditing".
((D)John F. Kennedy was Assassinated November 22, 1963).
((D)President Lyndon B. Johnson takes office November 22, 1963)
>>>1965
The Church of Scientology was banned in several Australian states, starting with Victoria. The ban was based on the Anderson Report, which found that the auditing process involved "command" hypnosis, in which the hypnotist assumes "positive authoritative control" over the patient."
>>>1966
Narconon founded. (Scientology's "drug rehab" centers among their many undisclosed and disguised storefront operations)
>>>1967---------------------------------------------------
The IRS strips the Church of Scientology in California, Scientology's headquarters, of its tax-exempt status, asserting that its activities are commercial and operated for the benefit of Mr. Hubbard, rather than charitable or religious reasons.
OT III is made available to Scientologists. This level of Operating Thetan contains the story of Xenu, which becomes a source of enormous controversy for Scientology from the 1990s onward.
The Sea Organization (or Sea Org) officially established.
December 27: The first Advanced Organization, offering the advanced levels of Scientology to the public, was established aboard the Royal Scotman, the flagship of the Sea Organization. (This ship was later renamed the Apollo.)
>>>1968
(Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated on Thursday, April 4, 1968)
(Robert F. Kennedy assassinated June 6, 1968)
>>>1969
The U.S. court of appeals recognizes Scientology as a religion, marking the high point of the case of Scientology vs. the FDA.
((D)President Lyndon B. Johnson leaves office January 20, 1969)
((R)President Richard M. Nixon elected U.S. President January 20,1969)
>>>1970
February 22: Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles founded.
>>>1971
The FDA is ordered to return the materials and E-meters seized during the 1963 raid.
((R)Richard M. Nixon Resigned the Presidency before he could be impeached over the Watergate Scandal: August 9, 1974)
((R)President Gerald R. Ford takes office August 9, 1974)
>>>1975
Scientologists buy former Fort Harrison Hotel and old Bank of Clearwater.
Scientology is recognized as a non-profit organization in South Africa, despite the 1972 report of a formal government Commission of Inquiry that recommended otherwise.
((R)President Gerald Ford leaves office January 20, 1977)
((D)President Jimmy Carter takes office January 20, 1977)
>>>1977
Various locations of the Church of Scientology are raided by the FBI.
>>>1979
As a result of FBI raids, eleven senior people in the church's Guardian's Office were convicted of obstructing justice, burglary of government offices, and theft of documents and government property. (See Operation Snow White)
December: An estimated 3,000 gather at Clearwater City Hall to protest the church coming to Clearwater. Across the street, Scientologists stage a counter rally, dressed as clowns and wearing animal costumes.
>>>1980
Acquisition of the former White Rats Club building at 227 West 46th in the Broadway Theater District in New York City. The building was built in 1912 and the church acquired it from the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
((D)President Jimmy Carter leaves office January 20, 1981)
((R)President Ronald Reagan takes office January 20, 1981)
>>>1982
Clearwater's government holds hearings to explore allegations that the church is a cult.
>>>1983
The High Court of Australia overturns the Scientology ban, declaring that "The applicant has easily discharged the onus of showing that it is religious. The conclusion that it is a religious institution entitled to the tax exemption is irresistible."
The Church of Scientology of Toronto is raided. (See R. v. Church of Scientology of Toronto)
>>>1985
The Church of Scientology acquires yacht "Bohème" and renames it to "Freewinds".
>>>1986
January 24: Hubbard dies at his ranch near San Luis Obispo, California.
********************************************************
>>>1986
David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board of the Author Services Inc., becomes head.
((R)President Ronald Reagan Leaves Office January 20, 1989)
((R)President George H.W. Bush takes office January 20, 1989)
>>>1991
After the completion of a 4-year long program to reissue the books and courses of Dianetics and Scientology, a general amnesty is declared for members.
>>>1992
June: The Church of Scientology is found guilty on two counts of breach of the public trust in Ontario, Canada in R. v. Church of Scientology of Toronto and fined $250,000. Seven members are also convicted.
((R)George H.W. Bush leaves office January 20, 1993)
.............................................................>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
((D)President Bill Clinton takes office January 20, 1993)
>>>1993
December: The Internal Revenue Service of the United States grants full religious recognition and tax exemption to all Scientology Churches, missions and social betterment groups in that country.
>>>1994
December 24: a number of Scientology's confidential Operating Thetan documents are published on the newsgroup alt.religion.scientology through an anonymous remailer. This marks the beginning of Scientology's online activities, often referred to as Scientology versus the Internet.
>>>1995
July 20: The Supreme Court of Canada upholds the largest libel award in Canadian history against the Church of Scientology. (See Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto)
December 5: Lisa McPherson, a 36-year-old Scientologist dies after 17 days under the care of Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization. Police begin an investigation the following day.
>>>1996
The Church releases the Golden Age of Tech program with the express goal of improving and speeding up the training of its practitioners.
The Church of Scientology of Paris is closed due to non-payment of taxes. A new church reopens immediately.
>>>1997
February: McPherson's family files a wrongful-death lawsuit against the church.
The Church of Scientology, operating as the Greek Center of Applied Philosophy, is ordered closed in Greece. Decision upheld in 1998.
>>>1998
November: After reviewing the McPherson case for 11 months, State Attorney Bernie McCabe charges the Church of Scientology with two felonies: practicing medicine without a license and abuse of a disabled adult. Also, the church begins construction of the Flag Building, launching a $160-million construction project in downtown Clearwater, Florida.
>>>1999
The Charity Commission for England and Wales denies the Church of Scientology's application for charitable status, ruling that it is not a religion and that there is no established "public benefit arising out of the practice of Scientology". The Church does not appeal the decision.
November: The government of Sweden declares that the Church of Scientology is a charitable, non-profit organization with a religious purpose. A year later, the Church's ministers are granted the right to perform marriages, completing official recognition as a church in Sweden.
Bob Minton, a banker critical of Scientology, starts a protest organization called the Lisa McPherson Trust. The organization picketed Scientology buildings on the anniversary of McPherson's death. The group was disbanded in November 2001.
>>>2000
March: The Italian Supreme Court upholds Scientology's religious status in Italy while reaffirming that Narconon is a non-tax-exempt for-profit business.
Scientology ministers are granted the right to perform marriages in South Africa.
In the United Kingdom, the Church of Scientology is exempted from value added tax on the basis that it is a not-for-profit body.
June: McCabe drops the criminal case against the church, noting that the medical examiner's change of opinion about the cause of McPherson's death undercuts the prosecution's effort to prove the criminal case beyond a reasonable doubt.
>>>2001
((D)President Bill Clinton leaves office January 20, 2001)
((R)George H.W. Bush takes office January 20, 2001)
(Note: Terrorist attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon; also United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field near the Diamond T. Mine in Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, near Indian Lake and Shanksville, during an attempt by some of the passengers to regain control, killing all 44 people aboard including the four hijackers. - September 11, 2001)
>>>2002
The government of New Zealand issues an official decree fully recognizing the Church of Scientology of New Zealand as an exempt religious and charitable organization.
The Austrian tax office concludes that the work of the Church of Scientology in Vienna is for the public benefit rather than anyone's personal profit, and grants that church tax-exempt status as a charitable religious organization.
July: A Paris judge rules that a 13-year-old case against the Church of Scientology alleging fraud and illegal practice of medicine cannot go to trial, due to lack of progress in the investigation. The judge rules that the statute of limitations has expired.
>>>2003
March: The National Ministry of the Interior for Taiwan recognizes the Church of Scientology of Taiwan as a charitable religious institution, officially adding it to the rolls of the country's recognized religions.
>>>2004
May: The church and the estate of Lisa McPherson reach a private settlement.
David Miscavige announces the Golden Age of Knowledge, a Church program intended to make all Scientology materials available. It starts with the release of 18 congresses.
>>>2005
The U.S. Department of State's 2005 Report on International Religious Freedom announces that the Church of Scientology has been registered as a religious group by the Kyrgyzstan State Commission on Religious Affairs.
>>>2006
Scientology applies for status as a religious confessional community in Austria, but later withdraws its application.
>>>2007-----------------------------------------------------------
In the next major step of the Golden Age of Knowledge program, 18 revised books and 11 lecture series are released.
April: the European Court of Human Rights rules against Russia for repeatedly refusing to consider the Moscow Church of Scientology's application for the status of a legally valid religious association. The court finds that the reasons given to deny re-registration of the church by the justice department and endorsed by the Moscow courts have no legal basis.
A Belgian state prosecutor recommends that a case should be brought against 12 physical persons associated with Scientology and two legal entities – the Belgian Church of Scientology and Scientology's Office of Human Rights – on counts of extortion, fraud, organized crime, obstruction of medical practice, illegal medical practice, invasion of privacy, conspiracy and commercial infractions like abusive contractual clauses. The proposal is referred to an administrative court who is to decide at a later date whether charges will be brought.
October 31: Scientology is formally recognized as a religion in Spain.
November: Scientology is officially recognized as a religion in Portugal.
December 3: South Africa grants the Church tax exemption and issues a certificate recognizing it as a "Public Benefit Organization".
December 7: German federal and state interior ministers formally express the view that the Scientology organization continues to pursue anti-constitutional goals and ask Germany's domestic intelligence agencies to collect and evaluate the necessary information that would be required for a possible judicial inquiry aimed at banning the organization. The move is criticized by politicians from all parts of the political spectrum, with legal experts expressing concern that an attempt to ban the organization would most likely fail in the courts. This view is echoed by the German intelligence agencies, who warn that a ban would be doomed to fail.
>>>2008
Internet-based group Anonymous launches Project Chanology, a worldwide protest against the Church of Scientology, which drew about 7,000 people in more than 93 cities on February 10, 2008.
November: Germany drops its attempt to ban Scientology, after finding insufficient evidence of illegal or unconstitutional activity. However, monitoring of Scientology's activities by the German intelligence services continues.
>>>2009
Scientologists convicted of fraud in France on October 27, 2009.
((R)President George W. Bush leaves office January 20, 2009)
((D)President Barack Obama takes office January 20, 2009)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States