- Lafayette Ronald Hubbard was born in Tilden, Neb., March 13,
1911.
- From 1931 to 1932, he attended George Washington University. He
took three engineering classes, records show, and flunked a course in
molecular and atomic physics, but would later claim he was trained as
a nuclear physicist.
- During World War II, Hubbard served in the Navy. Hubbard later
claimed he had won medals he hadn't and alleged a combat wound that
records show he never suffered.
- In his early career, Hubbard worked as a successful pulp
writer of science-fiction stories, romances and Westerns.
- In 1950, Hubbard first wrote about Dianetics, the foundation
of Scientology. The best selling book "Dianetics: The Modern Science
of Mental Health" followed.
- In 1954, Hubbard established the first Church of Scientology in
Los Angeles.
- In 1977, Hubbard was named an unindicted co-conspirator in a
federal crime that resulted in 11 Scientology officials being given
five-year prison sentences for infiltrating, burglarizing and
wiretapping the IRS, FBI and other government agencies.
- In 1986, Hubbard died, after living his last years as a recluse.
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