Cultural History

This organization's founding charter explicitly banned discussion of 'political or religious controversies,' embodying Enlightenment beliefs in the universality of scientific inquiry. Its early membership included both loyalists and patriots during the American Revolution, though political tensions forced its temporary suspension during the war years. Its publication, the 'Transactions,' became one of America's first scientific journals, featuring early research on natural history, astronomy, and medicine. Benjamin Franklin served as its long-tenured president, leveraging his international fame to forge correspondence with European learned societies. Founded in Philadelphia in 1743, it holds the distinction of being America's first scientific society. s, name this historic institution.

Hint: Franklin founded it in Philadelphia in 1743 — America's first scientific society, built on Enlightenment universalism.

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In 1999, this team fired manager Tim Johnson after just one winning season after reports surfaced that he’d lied about his Vietnam War service. This team hired Cito Gaston as manager twice and John Gibbons as manager twice; Gaston won back-to-back World Series with this team in 1992 and 93, while Gibbons was unable to take Josh Donaldson and Jose Bautista past the ALCS. Rogers Communications purchased this team in 2000 and also owns its stadium, the former SkyDome, which sits underneath the CN Tower. , name this Major League Baseball team, the only Canadian team to win a World Series.

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These people were targeted in Logrono after many of them met at places called akelarres. Johann Weyer wrote that these people had mental illnesses but were harmless. Jakob Sprenger and Heinrich Kramer wrote a work titled for the “Hammer of” these people that suggested the use of cold water to find them. Thousands of these people, who were believed to not sink in water, died in a “craze” in the 1600s. , name these people who supposedly practiced black magic and were subjected to hunts in cities like Salem.

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In 1993, this sport was marred by tragedy when Monica Seles [[SEH-less]] was stabbed during a changeover. The original "Battle of the Sexes" in this sport saw Billie Jean King defeat Bobby Riggs in straight sets in 1973, but Jimmy Connors defeated Martina Navratilova in 1992. In 2021, controversy erupted when Peng Shuai [[PAHNG-SHWY]], a star in this sport, mysteriously disappeared after returning to China. For the point, name this sport whose oldest Grand Slam event is Wimbledon.

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This movement's theoretical foundation rested on the writings of Nikolai Fedorov, whose philosophy of 'common task' advocated for the technological resurrection of all deceased humans. Its practitioners believed that scientific materialism, properly understood, supported rather than contradicted spiritual transformation. The movement's influence peaked during the 1920s when some of its adherents gained positions in Soviet scientific institutions, though they were later purged as ideologically unreliable. Key figures included Alexander Bogdanov, whose 'tektology' attempted to create a universal organizational science. This Russian intellectual movement sought to synthesize Marxism with mystical and scientific ideas about human perfectibility. s, name this early 20th-century philosophical school.

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