the son of philip, alexander the great, conquered greece, then demosthenes fled to the island of kolavria, and there, in the temple of poseidon, in order not to fall into the hands of enemies, he took poison on this day 322 bc. on october 12, 1871 , us president ulysses grand issued an ultimatum to the racist members of the ku klux klan in the state of south carolina, slavery was abolished, but in the southern states of civil rights for blacks and coloreds , the clan still did not appear in 65 of its numbers. reached 2 million people racists beaten, maimed, kidnapped and hanged people to intimidate, burned crosses about the intended victims, threw up orange seeds or oak branches as a sign of soon right in the southern king did not attack entire cities. there, the situation became special, the threatening president grand demanded that the members of the clan peacefully retire to their homes for 5 days, when the shadows obeyed , the troops led, in nine districts of the states, about 100 members of the ku klux klan were formally arrested by this organization then races.