Sun Myung Moon
1920 to 2012
10 documented presences
9 places
Quo Fuit places 10 dated presences for Sun Myung Moon across 9 places, from 1954 to 1989. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Sun Myung Moon (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.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Where Sun Myung Moon was documented, and when
1954year
Seoulattested
“In 1954, Moon formally founded the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity in Seoul and fathered an illegitimate child (who died in 1969).”
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1965 to 1971period
Irvington, New Yorkattested
“In 1971, Moon moved to the United States, which he had first visited in 1965, and eventually settled into a 35-room mansion on an estate in Irvington, New York.”
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1965 to 1971period
United Statesattested
“In 1971, Moon moved to the United States, which he had first visited in 1965, and eventually settled into a 35-room mansion on an estate in Irvington, New York.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Myung Moon
1980year
New York Cityattested
“Therefore, now is the time for people who are studying communism to abandon it." In 1980, Moon asked church members to found CAUSA International as an anti-communist educational organization, based in New York.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Myung Moon
1982year
South Koreaattested
“In 1982, The Washington Times was founded by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate associated with Moon, which also owned newspapers in South Korea, Japan, and South America, as well as the news agency United Pre…”
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August 1985month
Soviet Unionattested
“In August 1985, the Professors World Peace Academy, an organization founded by Moon, sponsored a conference in Geneva to debate the theme "The situation in the world after the fall of the communist empire." In April 1990, Moon visited th…”
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August 1985month
Genevaattested
“In August 1985, the Professors World Peace Academy, an organization founded by Moon, sponsored a conference in Geneva to debate the theme "The situation in the world after the fall of the communist empire." In April 1990, Moon visited th…”
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1989year
South Koreaattested
“In 1989, Moon founded Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, the second most successful soccer club in South Korea, having won a record 7 league titles, 2 FA Cups, 3 League Cups, and 2 AFC Champions League titles.”
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1989year
Washington, D.C.attested
“In 1989, Moon founded Universal Ballet Academy, which later changed its name to Kirov Academy of Ballet, in Washington, D.C.”
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1989year
Kirov Academy of Balletattested
“In 1989, Moon founded Universal Ballet Academy, which later changed its name to Kirov Academy of Ballet, in Washington, D.C.”
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Places Sun Myung Moon is documented in
South Korea2 presences · 1982 to 1989Geneva1 presence · 1985New York City1 presence · 1980Seoul1 presence · 1954Soviet Union1 presence · 1985United States1 presence · 1965Washington, D.C.1 presence · 1989
Irvington, New York1 presence · 1965
Kirov Academy of Ballet1 presence · 1989
Other places tied to Sun Myung Moon in the record
In each of these, a source puts Sun Myung Moon and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Sun Myung Moon was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
1941year
Waseda Universitymentioned
“In 1941, Moon began studying electrical engineering at Waseda University in Japan.”
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1941year
Japanmentioned
“In 1941, Moon began studying electrical engineering at Waseda University in Japan.”
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1943 to 1944period
Seoulmentioned
“In 1943, he returned to Seoul and, in 1944, married his first wife, Sun-kil Choi (; ; Choe Seon-gil).”
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1945year
Korea under Japanese rulementioned
“Pyongyang (the eventual capital of North Korea) was the center of Christian activity in Korea until 1945.”
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1946year
Pyongyangmentioned
“When Moon started his own movement (an early version of the Unification Church) in Pyongyang in 1946, the Soviet-controlled North Korean government imprisoned and, he claims, tortured him.”
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1948 to 1950period
Hungnammentioned
“Arrested again in 1948, he was sentenced to five years at Hungnam labor camp, though in 1950, during the Korean War, he was liberated by United Nations troops and allegedly traveled by foot to Busan, (South) Korea.”
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1948 to 1950period
Busanmentioned
“Arrested again in 1948, he was sentenced to five years at Hungnam labor camp, though in 1950, during the Korean War, he was liberated by United Nations troops and allegedly traveled by foot to Busan, (South) Korea.”
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1961year
Seoulmentioned
“36 couples participated in the first ceremony in 1961 for members of the early church in Seoul.”
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1974year
United Statesmentioned
“In 1974, Moon asked church members in the United States to support President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal, when Nixon was being pressured to resign his office.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Myung Moon
1975year
Seoulmentioned
“The largest was a rally in 1975 against North Korean aggression in Seoul and a speech at an event organized by the Unification Church in Washington, D.C.”
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1975year
Washington, D.C.mentioned
“The largest was a rally in 1975 against North Korean aggression in Seoul and a speech at an event organized by the Unification Church in Washington, D.C.”
source: Wikipedia: Sun Myung Moon
1977year
United Statesmentioned
“In 1977, the Subcommittee on International Organizations of the Committee on International Relations of the United States House of Representatives, while investigating the Koreagate scandal, found that the South Korean National Intellige…”
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1981year
United Statesmentioned
“In any level of community, we must become like a family." In 1981, he said that he himself was a victim of racial prejudice in the United States (concerning his prosecution on tax charges in United States v.”
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1982year
New York Citymentioned
“The ceremonies continued to grow in scale; over 2,000 couples participated in the 1982 one at New York's Madison Square Garden, the first outside South Korea.”
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Documented at the same place, the same year
Stephen HawkingCERN · 1985Emil GilelsSoviet Union · 1985Malcolm XUnited States · 1965Michael BloombergUnited States · 1965Kris KristoffersonUnited States · 1965Eisaku SatōUnited States · 1965Princess Margaretha, Mrs. AmblerUnited States · 1965Brian JosephsonUnited States · 1965Shirley BasseyUnited States · 1965Boris YeltsinUnited States · 1989Ralph LaurenUnited States · 1989Barbara BushUnited States · 1989
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting. Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.
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