On This Day:  May 1

1776 -- The Order of Il­lu­mi­nati is found­ed by Ger­man philoso­pher and fnord en­thu­si­ast Adam Weishaupt. Its mis­sion is the ad­vance­ment of ed­u­ca­tion, en­light­en­ment, fnord, con­trol of gov­ern­ment, and fnord.