Members phkrause Posted November 6 Author Members Share Posted November 6 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 5 1941 The order is given: Bomb Pearl Harbor On November 5, 1941, the Japanese Combined Fleet receives Top Secret Order No. 1: In just over a month's time, Pearl Harbor is to be bombed, along with Mayala (now known as Malaysia), the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines... read more Art, Literature, and Film History 2007 Writers strike stalls production of TV shows, movies Civil War 1862 Lincoln removes General McClellan from Army of the Potomac Crime 2009 Army major kills 13 people in Fort Hood shooting spree Great Britain 1605 King James learns of Gunpowder Plot India 1556 Mughal victory assures Akbar's ascension Native Americans 1862 300 Santee Sioux sentenced to hang in Minnesota Sports 1994 George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ U.S. Presidents 1912 Woodrow Wilson wins landslide victory 1977 George W. Bush marries Laura Welch in Midland, Texas 1968 Richard Nixon elected president 1940 FDR re-elected for a third term Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 7 Author Members Share Posted November 7 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 6 1962 UN condemns apartheid in South Africa On November 6, 1962, the United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calling on all its members to end economic and military relations with the country. In effect from 1948 to 1993, apartheid, which comes from the Afrikaans word for "ap... read more Civil War 1861 Jefferson Davis elected Confederate president Cold War 1988 Renowned Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov visits United States Natural Disasters & Environment 1977 Dam gives way in Georgia, killing 39 Russia 1917 Bolsheviks revolt in Russia U.S. Presidents 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected president 1906 Teddy Roosevelt travels to Panama Vietnam War 1963 General Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam EXPLORATION 1528 Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca lands in Texas World War I 1917 British victory at Passchendaele Sports 1869 Rutgers beats Princeton in first college football game Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 8 Author Members Share Posted November 8 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 8 1895 German scientist discovers X-rays On November 8, 1895, physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845-1923) becomes the first person to observe X-rays, a significant scientific advancement that would ultimately benefit a variety of fields, most of all medicine, by making the invisible visible. Röntgen...read more Art, Literature, and Film History 1900 Margaret Mitchell, author of "Gone with the Wind," is born Civil War 1864 Abraham Lincoln reelected Crime 1974 Ted Bundy botches an abduction attempt Germany 1923 Beer Hall Putsch begins 1939 Hitler survives assassination attempt Inventions & Science 1962 Sun sets on the Ford Rotunda Sports 1951 Yogi Berra is the AL MVP U.S. Presidents 1960 John F. Kennedy elected president U.S. Politics 1973 Maurice Ferré becomes first Puerto Rican to lead a major U.S. mainland city 1994 The Republican Revolution 1994 Salvatore "Sonny" Bono is elected to the U.S. Congress Vietnam War 1965 Lawrence Joel awarded Medal of Honor Westward Expansion 1887 Doc Holliday dies of tuberculosis U.S. Government 1994 Proposition 187 is approved in California Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 9 Author Members Share Posted November 9 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 09 1938 Nazis launch Kristallnacht On November 9, 1938, in an event that would foreshadow the Holocaust, German Nazis launch a campaign of terror against Jewish people and their homes and businesses in Germany and Austria. The violence, which continued through November 10 and was later dubbed “Kristallnacht,” or “Night of Broken Glas... read more Art, Literature, and Film History 1990 Willie Nelson’s assets are seized by the IRS 2004 Best-selling Millennium trilogy author Stieg Larsson dies at 50 Civil War 1862 Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Union Army Cold War 1989 East Germany opens the Berlin Wall Crime 1971 A Sunday school teacher murders his family and goes undercover for 18 years France 1956 Jean-Paul Sartre denounces communism Natural Disasters & Environment 1965 The Great Northeast Blackout Vietnam War 1965 Antiwar protestor sets himself afire 1970 Supreme Court refuses to rule on legality of Vietnam War Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 10 Author Members Share Posted November 10 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 10 1969 “Sesame Street” debuts On November 10, 1969, “Sesame Street,” a pioneering TV show that would teach generations of young children the alphabet and how to count, makes its broadcast debut. “Sesame Street,” with its memorable theme song (“Can you tell me how to get/How to get to Sesame Street”), went on to become the most w... read more Africa 1995 Playwright and activist hanged in Nigeria American Revolution 1775 Birth of the U.S. Marine Corps Art, Literature, and Film History 1973 Copies of “Slaughterhouse-Five” are burned in North Dakota Civil War 1865 Henry Wirz hanged for murder Inventions & Science 1903 Mary Anderson patents windshield wiper Native American History 1808 Osage tribe cedes Missouri and Arkansas lands Natural Disasters & Environment 1975 Cargo ship suddenly sinks in Lake Superior Sports 1984 Maryland gets a miracle in Miami U.S. Presidents 2001 George W. Bush addresses the United Nations regarding terrorism World War I 1928 WWI novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” is published World War II 1942 Germans take Vichy France Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 13 Author Members Share Posted November 13 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 12 1954 Ellis Island closes On November 12, 1954, Ellis Island, the gateway to America, shuts it doors after processing more than 12 million immigrants since opening in 1892. Today, tens of millions of Americans can trace their roots through Ellis Island, located in New York Harbor off the New Jersey coast and named for mercha... read more 21st Century 2001 Plane crashes in Rockaway, New York American Revolution 1775 Abigail Adams leads rhetorical charge against Britain Civil War 1864 The destruction of Atlanta begins Cold War 1982 Yuri Andropov assumes power in the Soviet Union Crime 1996 High school sweethearts murder their newborn child 2004 Scott Peterson convicted of murder Inventions & Science 1799 First meteor shower on record Japan 1990 Akihito enthroned as emperor of Japan U.S. Presidents 1979 Jimmy Carter shuts down oil imports from Iran Vietnam War 1969 Seymour Hersh breaks My Lai Massacre story Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 13 Author Members Share Posted November 13 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 13 1982 Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated Near the end of a weeklong national salute to Americans who served in the Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of veterans of the conflict. The long-awaited memorial was a simple V-shaped black-granite wall inscribed with ... read more American Revolution 1775 Patriots take Montreal Civil War 1861 General George McClellan snubs President Lincoln France 2015 ISIL stages series of terrorist attacks in Paris, culminating in massacre at Bataclan theater Inventions & Science 1974 Karen Silkwood dies in mysterious one-car crash Natural Disasters & Environment 1985 The eruption of Nevado del Ruiz Red Scare 1953 Indiana Textbook Commission member charges that Robin Hood is communist Sports 1979 Darryl Dawkins breaks his first backboard 2020 Kim Ng named first female MLB general manager Westward Expansion 1909 Ballinger-Pinchot scandal erupts Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 14 Author Members Share Posted November 14 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 14 1851 Herman Melville publishes "Moby-Dick" in the US Moby-Dick is now considered a great classic of American literature and contains one of the most famous opening lines in fiction: “Call me Ishmael.” Initially, though, the book about Captain Ahab and his quest to catch a giant white whale was a flop. Its author, Herman Melville was born in New York C... read more American Revolution 1776 English newspaper announces Benjamin Franklin has joined rebellion in America Art, Literature, and Film History 1941 Alfred Hitchcock’s “Suspicion” premieres Civil Rights Movement 1960 Ruby Bridges desegregates her school Cold War 1951 United States gives military and economic aid to communist Yugoslavia Natural Disasters & Environment 1985 Nevado del Ruiz eruptions bury more than 20,000 in Colombia Space Exploration 1969 Apollo 12 lifts off Sports 1970 Plane crash devastates Marshall University football team Vietnam War 1965 Major battle erupts in the Ia Drang Valley Westward Expansion 1882 Frank Leslie kills Billy “The Kid” Claiborne World War I 1914 Ottoman Empire declares a holy war Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 15 Author Members Share Posted November 15 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 15 1867 First stock ticker debuts On November 15, 1867, the first stock ticker is unveiled in New York City. The advent of the ticker ultimately revolutionized the stock market by making up-to-the-minute prices available to investors around the country. Prior to this development, information from the New York Stock Exchange, which h... read more 21st Century 2001 Microsoft releases Xbox gaming console American Revolution 1777 Articles of Confederation adopted Art, Literature, and Film History 1956 Elvis makes movie debut in “Love Me Tender” Civil War 1864 Union General Sherman’s scorched-earth March to the Sea campaign begins Cold War 1957 Nikita Khrushchev challenges United States to a missile “shooting match” Crime 1923 Accused of rape, James Montgomery’s struggle for justice begins Inventions & Science 1965 Craig Breedlove sets new land-speed record 1984 Baby Fae, infant who received baboon heart transplant, dies U.S. Presidents 1977 President Carter hosts shah of Iran Westward Expansion 1806 Zebulon Pike spots an imposing mountain World War I 1917 Georges Clemenceau named French prime minister World War II 1943 Himmler orders Roma to concentration camps Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 17 Author Members Share Posted November 17 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 16 1532 Francisco Pizarro traps Incan emperor Atahualpa On November 16, 1532, Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish explorer and conquistador, springs a trap on the Incan emperor, Atahualpa. With fewer than 200 men against several thousand, Pizarro lures Atahualpa to a feast in the emperor’s honor and then opens fire on the unarmed Incans. Pizarro’s men massacr... read more American Revolution 1776 British capture Fort Washington Art, Literature, and Film History 1849 Fyodor Dostoevsky is sentenced to death 1959 “The Sound of Music” premieres on Broadway 2001 First Harry Potter film opens Crime 1957 Ed Gein kills final victim Bernice Worden EARLY 20th CENTURY U.S. 1907 Oklahoma enters the Union Vietnam War 1961 President Kennedy increases military aid to Saigon 1971 U.S. provides support to beleaguered Cambodians World War II 1941 Joseph Goebbels publishes his screed of hate Quote phkrause By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {5T 451.1} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phkrause Posted November 18 Author Members Share Posted November 18 THIS DAY IN HISTORY November 17 1558 Elizabethan Age begins Queen Mary I, the monarch of England and Ireland since 1553, dies and is succeeded by her 25-year-old half-sister, Elizabeth. The two half-sisters, both daughters of King Henry VIII, had a stormy relationship during Mary’s five-year reign. Mary, who was brought up as a Catholic, enacted pro-Catholic... read more 1980s 1989 Velvet Revolution begins in Czechoslovakia Africa 1869 Suez Canal opens American Revolution 1777 Articles of Confederation submitted to the states Art, Literature, and Film History 1839 Verdi’s first opera opens 1958 The Kingston Trio brings folk music to the top of the U.S. pop charts 2003 “The Terminator” becomes “The Governator” of California Civil War 1863 Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee, begins Cold War 1969 SALT I negotiations begin
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