1876 – The first successful test of a telephone is made by Alexander Graham Bell.

1869 – Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society.

1857 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules 7–2 in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case that the Constitution does not confer citizenship on black people.

1963 – American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.

1933 – Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections, which allows the Nazis to later pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.

1616 – Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.

 westslope wrote: 
  which half? From the waist up or from the waist down?

 Red_Dragon wrote:
 

Upon which Christian fundamentalists started destroying Beatle LPs and singles.    They apparently never recognized the form of idolatry that they were practising.   Then that does not hold a candle to supporting the ethnic-cleansing terrorism of the Holy Lands.  

On second thought, nuclear weapons proliferation does auger well for the 'rapture'.  Even a limited, regional nuclear war would likely sicken and kill close to half of the adult American population.  

1966 – In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".

1789 – In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect.

1519 – Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth.

 Red_Dragon wrote:
 

I have a 45 of that but it's a 60s reissue, probably for the jukebox industry. Still cool.

1951 – Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.

1938 – Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.

 westslope wrote: 

same reason anyone hates jews now

ignorance and stupidity

being taught or told to hate any innocent peaceful people is still huge problem today

this type of violence has always had rhetoric and symbolism right up front

tribal (cheer) leaders are here to tell you what to think

authoritarian 101 playbook stuff

because plurality is an evil conspiracy

1983 – The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.

 westslope wrote:
 
Are real life resource conflicts preventing you from finding a suitable answer?

Try usury.

 R_P wrote:
 
People hate Jews.  Or rather some Christians hate Jews.  Good.

Why?    How about an answer that goes beyond us & them and gets into real life resource conflicts?

 R_P wrote:
 

Yup. The whole "the Jews murdered Jesus" thing and what not. Even though the murder was prophesy and... reasons, reasons... doh

 westslope wrote:
 
Because it was rather common in countries with Christian majorities.