In 1638, religious dissident Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
In 1765, Britain enacted the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies. The Act set off such a strong protest that it was repealed the following year.
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Actor Karl Malden (1913)
Actor Werner Klemperer (1920)
Composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim (1930)
Actor William Shatner (1931)
Singer-guitarist George Benson (1943)
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"Tolerance always has limits - it connot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant."