Today in History

Today in History

708 Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope.

1634 Lord Baltimore founds the Catholic colony of Maryland.

1655 Puritans jail Governor Stone after a military victory over Catholic forces in the colony of Maryland.

1668 The first horse race in America takes place.

1776 The Continental Congress authorizes a medal for General George Washington.

1807 British Parliament abolishes the slave trade.

1813 The frigate USS Essex flies the first U.S. flag in battle in the Pacific.

1865 Confederate forces capture Fort Stedman, during the siege of Petersburg, Va.

1879 Japan invades the kingdom of Liuqiu (Ryukyu) Islands, formerly a vassal of China.

1905 Rebel battle flags that were captured during the American Civil War are returned to the South.

1911 A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, a sweatshop in New York City, claims the lives of 146 workers.

1915 The first submarine disaster occurs when a U.S. F-4 sinks off the Hawaiian coast.

1919 The Paris Peace Commission adopts a plan to protect nations from the influx of foreign labor.

1931 Fifty people are killed in riots that break out in India. Mahatma Gandhi was one of many people assaulted.

1940 The United States agrees to give Britain and

BIBLE VERSE

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Philippians 2:1-4 France access to all American warplanes.

1941 Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers.

1953 The USS Missouri fires on targets at Kojo, North Korea, the last time her guns fire until the Persian Gulf War of 1992.

1954 RCA manufactures its first color TV set and begins mass production.

1957 The European Common Market Treaty is signed in Rome. The goal is to create a common market for all products–especially coal and steel.

1965 Martin Luther King Jr. leads a group of 25,000 to the state capital in Montgomery, Ala.

1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono stage a bed-in for peace in Amsterdam.

1970 The Concorde makes its first supersonic flight.

1975 Hue is lost and Da Nang is endangered by North Vietnamese forces. The United States orders a refugee airlift to remove those in danger.

1981 The U.S. Embassy in San Salvador is damaged when gunmen attack, firing rocket propelled grenades and machine guns.

1986 President Ronald Reagan orders emergency aid for the Honduran army. U.S. helicopters take Honduran troops to the Nicaraguan border.

Born

1133 Henry II, King of England (1154-1189).

1767 Joachim Murat, Napoleon‘s brother in law who became king of Naples in 1808.

1797 John Winebrenner, U.S. clergyman who founded the Church of God.

1839 William Bell Wait, educator of the blind.

1867 Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of Mount Rushmore.

1868 Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor.

1906 Alan John Percivale Taylor, English historian.

1908 David Lean, British film director (Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia).

1925 (Mary) Flannery O’Connor, novelist and short story writer.

1934 Gloria Steinem, political activist, editor.

1942 Aretha Franklin, American singer, the “Queen of Soul.”

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