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Date: 26 February 1920
Sun Myung Moon (Korean: 문선명; Hanja: 文鮮明; born Moon Yong-myeong; 6 January 1920 – 3 September 2012) was a Korean religious leader, also known for his business ventures and support for conservative political causes. A messiah claimant, he was the founder of the Unification Church, whose members consider him and his wife, Hak Ja Han, to be their "True Parents", and of its widely noted "Blessing" or mass wedding ceremonies. The author of the Unification Church's religious scripture, the Divine Principle, was an anti-communist and an advocate for Korean reunification, for which he was recognized by the governments of both North and South Korea. Businesses he promoted included News World Communications, an international news media corporation known for its American subsidiary The Washington Times, and Tongil Group, a South Korean business group (chaebol), as well as other related organizations.
Moon was born in what is now North Korea. When he was a child, his family converted to Christianity. In the 1940s and 1950s, he was imprisoned multiple times by the North and South Korean governments during his early new religious ministries, formally founding the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, simply known as the Unification Church, in Seoul, South Korea, in 1954.
In 1971, Moon moved to the United States and became well known after giving a series of public speeches on his beliefs. In the 1982 case United States v. Sun Myung Moon, he was found guilty of willfully filing false federal income tax returns and sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. His case generated protests from clergy and civil libertarians, who said that the trial was biased against him.
Many of Moon's followers were very dedicated and were often referred to in popular parlance as "Moonies". His wedding ceremonies drew criticism, specifically after members of other churches took part, including the excommunicated Roman Catholic archbishop Emmanuel Milingo. Moon was also criticized for his relationships with political and religious figures, including US presidents Richard Nixon, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush; Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev; North Korean president Kim Il Sung; and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
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Date: 26 February 1920
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Date: 26 February 1920
Date: 26 February 1920
Date: 26 February 1920
The necessary formalities have been completed whereby the United States is definitely enrolled among the challengers for the Davis Cup, emblematic of the world's lawn tennis championship for 1920.
Date: 26 February 1920
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
LONDON, Feb. 25.--In an editorial on the Supreme Council's Russian policy. The London Times says:
Date: 26 February 1920
James Gayley, First Vice President of the United States Steel Corporation from 1901 to 1909 and distinguished among the great steel men of the country for his knowledge of metallurgy, died yesterday after an illness of several weeks at his residence, 555 Park Avenue.
Date: 26 February 1920
Special to The New York Times
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.--Without warning an effort was made in the house this afternoon to repeal the Volstead law enforcing prohibition. Representative Igoe of Missouri, Democrat, made the motion, which was lost by a vote of 80 to 39. In supporting the motion he asserted that at least 10,000,000 ...
Date: 25 February 1920
By Edwin L. James. Special Cable To the New York Times
Edwin James
PARIS, Feb. 24.--Andre Tardieu, who was French High Commissioner in the United States during the war and one of the French Peace Commissioners, calls on French public opinion to disregard the anti-American campaign which is being pushed by a number of Paris newspapers. He calls this campaign not only dangerous to the real interests of France but absurd as well.
Date: 26 February 1920
Copyright, 1920, by the New York Times Company Special Cable To the New York Times
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LONDON, Feb. 25.--Pertinax telephoned to the Echo de Paris tonight: " President Wilson's reply was handed to the British Government today by Ambassador Davis. People who have read it are agreed that it was very moderate in its terms, ...