Thought for Today

 History: 1492: Jews expelled from Castile and Argon 1736: Bellevue Hospital founded [1st public hospital in the US] 1745: Jews expelled from Prague 1889: Eiffel Tower opens 1906: Intercollegiate Athletic Association founded [NCAA in 1910] 1918: First daylight savings time in US 1931: Knute Rockne killed in plane crash 1932: Ford unveils V-8 engine 1943: "Oklahoma" by Rogers and Hammerstein premiers 1944: Hungary requires Jews to wear yellow stars 1953: Department of Health, Education and Welfare established 1975: UCLA wins 10th championship under John Wooden 1980: Carter deregulates banking--bad idea 1988: Toni Morrison wins Pulitzer for "Beloved" Born: Rene Descartes ["I think therefore I am"], JS Bach [signed his works SDG, Soli Deo Gloria, to the glory of God alone. If you look down on the roof of the Washington Monument you would see the words "Laus Deo,"  to God be the glory. These same words are written over the door of Thrailkill Hall at

I am having back surgery this morning. Tomorrow's post might be delayed, but things should be back to normal on Saturday. History: 240 BC: First recorded passage of Halley's Comet 1842: Dr. Crawford Long uses ether as anesthetic for the first time 1856: Treaty of Paris ends the Crimean War 1867: Alaska purchased from Russia 1870: 15th Amendment ratified--right to vote 1955: "On the Waterfront" wins Best Picture 1959: Dalai Lama flees China to India 1961: Reagan shot by John Hinckley 1964: Policeman offers waitress half of lottery ticket as a tip--next day they split $6 million--movie came later 1992: "Silence of the Lambs" wins Best Picture 1997: Lady Vols win 5th National championship 2020: Virginia, Maryland, Florida and Arizona lock down due to Covid Born: Malmonides [Jewish philospher], Robert Bunsen [Bunsen Burner], Anna Sewell ["Black Beauty"], Vincent Van Gogh, Frankie Lane, Ingvar Kamprad [founded Ikea], Warren Beatty, Jerry Lucas, Eric Cla

 History: 1798: Republic of Switzerland forms 1852: Ohio limits work day for women and children to 10 hours 1867: Congress approves building the Lincoln Memorial 1943: Meat, butter and cheese rationed 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of spying and sentenced to death 1959: "Some Like It Hot" released 1961: 23rd Amendment allows DC residents to vote in Presidential Elections 1971: William Calley found guilty in My Lai massacre 1974: Terracotta army discovered in China 1976: 8 National Guardsmen indicted for Kent State shooting 1978: Last "Carol Burnett Show" airs 1982: "Chariots of Fire" wins Best Picture [today is the birthday of Vangelis who composed the music] 1987: Lady Vols win NCAA Basketball Championship 1989: "Rain Man" wins Best Picture 1998: Lady Vols complete three-peat [39-0] 2017: Britain triggers Brexit 2020: Fauci warns of 100,000-200,000 Covid deaths in US Born: Santorio Sanctorius [invented thermometer], John Tyler, Cy Yo

  History: 1794: Louvre opens to the public 1866: First ambulance goes into service 1881: Greatest Show on Earth" formed by Barnum & Bailey 1885: US Salvation Army officially organized 1917: Jews expelled from Tel Aviv and Jaffa 1930: Constantinople renamed Istanbul 1935: Robert Goddard uses a gyroscope to control a rocket 1952: Dick Button wins US Figure Skating Championship 1963: AFL's NY Titans become the NY Jets 1971: Last "Ed Sullivan Show" airs 1972: Wilt Chamberlain plays his last pro game 1979: Meltdown at Three Mile Island 1982: First NCAA Women's Basketball championship--Louisiana Tech beats Cheney State 2009: First two U.S. cases of H1N1 "swine flu" 2022: Governor De Santis signs "Don't Say Gay" bill Born: Paul Whiteman ["King of Jazz"], Marlin Perkins, Edmund Muskie, Charlie McCoy, Rick Barry, Dianne Wiest, Reba McEntire, Vince Vaughn, Julia Stiles, Lady Gaga,  Died: Ivan the Terrible, Virginia Woolf, Sergei Rachm

 History: 1513: Ponce de Leon sights Florida 1836: First Mormon Temple dedicated, Kirtland Ohio 1855: Abraham Gesner patents kerosene 1915: Typhoid Mary arrested and returned to quarantine after evading health authorities for 5 years 1939: First NCAA basketball championship--Oregon beats Ohio State 1944: 1000 Jews leave France for Auschwitz; 2000 Jews murdered in Lithuania 1952: Sun Records begins releasing records 1964: Great Alaskan Earthquake--9.2 1972: Adolph Rupp retires 1977: Two 747's collide at Tenerife airport killing 583 1980: Mt St Helens erupts 1995: Forest Gump wins Best Picture Oscar 2005: Gray's Anatomy premiers 2020: $2.2 trillion stimulus package signed by President Trump Born: Nathaniel Currier [Currier & Ives], Wilhelm Rontgen [X-rays], Henry Royce, Patty Smith Hill (wrote "Happy Birthday to You"], Gloria Swanson, Snooky Lanson ["Your Hit Parade"], Sarah Vaughn, David Janssen, Cale Yarborough, Quentin Tarantino, Mariah Carey,  Died: Su

 History: 1807: Parliament abolishes slave trade in British Empire 1934: First Augusta National Invitation Tournament [The Masters] 1954: RCA manufactures the first color TV [12.5 inch screen, $1000] 1960: First missle launched from nuclear powered sub 2005: Jennifer Anniston files for divorce from Brad Pitt Born: David Lean, Jack Ruby, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Sarah Jessica Parker Died: Claude Debussy Thought: My attention today is on Matthew 26:73 which I have underlined. Peter is in the courtyard by the fire. He is fulfilling the prophesy that he will deny Christ 3 times before the cock crows. He has already denied Jesus twice and now bystanders come and say, “Surely you too are one of them; for the way you talk gives you away.” Think about that this morning. Does the way you talk give you away as a follower of Jesus? Here they are referring to Peter’s Galilean accent. But to me, the verse asks can people recognize Christ in me by the way I speak? Is my mouth a source of truth

 History: 1644: Roger Williams receives charter for Rhode Island 1832: Joseph Smith [Mormon] beaten, tarred & feathered in Ohio 1868: Metropolitan Life Insurance formed 1882: Robert Koch discovers the bacillus that causes TB 1930: First telecast of religious services--NYC 1944: Rear gunner Nicholas Alkemade survives jump from a bomber at 18,000 feet without a parachute--sprained his ankle 1958: Elvis joins the Army 1962: First use of slow-motion replay--Emile Griffith v. Benny Paret boxing match--Paret dies 10 days later after a KO 1964: Kennedy half dolloar issued 1989: Exxon Valdez oil spill 1999: "The Matrix" premiers 2019: Robert Mueller finds no evidence that President Trump colluded with the Russians 2020: Olympics postponed due to Covid Born: Joseph Priestly, Fanny Crosby, John Wesley Powell, Andrew Mellon, Harry Houdini, Clyde Barrow, Steve McQueen, Denny McClain, Pat Bradley [LPGA], Tommy Hilfiger, Jim Parsons [The Big Bang Theory] Peyton Manning Died: Jules Vern

  History: 1743: Handel's "Messiah" premiers in London 1775: Patrick Henry says "Give me liberty or give me death" 1839: First recorded use of "OK" [oll correct"] 1857: Otis installs the first elevator--488 Broadway NYC 1903: Wright Brothers file patent for flying machine 1929: First telephone installed at the President's desk--Herbert Hoover] 1945: The Swallow Side Car Company changes its name to Jaguar 1965: Gemini 3--first 2-man US space flight--Grissom and Young 1981: Supreme Court allows states to require parental notification before teen age girls have an abortion 2020: WHO says Covid is accelerating Born: Fannie Farmer, Joan Crawford, Werner Von Braun, Roger Banister, Craig Breedlove, Carl Pickens, Kyrie Irving Died: Peter Lorre, Barney Clark [1st articifical heart recipient], Elizabeth Taylor, Joe Garagiola Thought: Looking at Matthew 26:36-46 this morning. I have underlined several phrases in this passage. The first is in verse 39–“ye

  History: 1765: Stamp Act--1st direct British tax on the colonies 1790: Thomas Jefferson becomes 1st Secretary of State 1861: First nursing school chartered 1903: Niagara Falls runs out of water due to a drought 1917: US is the first nation to recognize the new Russian government 1941: Grand Coulee Dam begins operation 1941: Jimmy Stewart inducted into the army--flies many combat missions 1957: Elvis releases "All Shook Up" 1960: First patent for lasers issued 2020: India initiates curfew to curb Covid Born: Chico Marx, Louis L'Amour, Karl Malden, Marcel Marceau, Pat Robertson, Stepehn Sondheim, William Shatner, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Wolf Blitzer, Bob Costas, Reese Witherspoon, JJ Watt Died: Jonathan Edwards, Goethe, William Hanna [Hanna-Barbera], Wayne Huizenga [Blockbuster, Waste Management, Dolphins] Thought: I am always amazed and challenged by Matthew 25:31-46. In chapter 24, we learned that no one except the Father knows the day or hour of Jesus return. 25:31 begins

  History: 1748: John Newton converted during a storm at sea--"Amazing Grace" 1804: Napoleonic Code adopted in France 1871: Henry Morton Stanley begins his expedition to Africa 1965: MLK leads a march from Selma to Montgomery 1975: Tammy Wynette divorces George Jones 2007: In Nigeria, teacher Christianah Oluwasesin is beaten to death after being accused of touching a student's handbag containing a Koran--defiling the Koran 2014: Russia annexes Crimea Born: Gary Oldman, Matthew Broderick Died: Pocahontas, St. Benedict, Thomas Cramner [Archbishop of Canterbury burned on orders of Bloody Mary] Thought: Matthew 24 contains Jesus’ answer to the disciples’ questions in 24:3–when and what will be the signs?notice that Jesus says that no one except the Father knows when (24:36). So why do people write books, preach sermons and try to predict when Jesus will come again? I try to consider what Jesus tells us about the times and the signs. What can I learn and apply? There will be w

 History: 1627: France and Spain sign accord to fight protestantism 1760: Great Fire of Boston destroys 349 buildings 1800: Volta reports his discovery of the battery to the Royal Society, London 1819: First shopping arcade opens in London 1852: "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published in Boston 1868: Jesse James gang robs a bank in Russellville KY 1922: First US aircraft carrier commissioned--USS Langley 1930: Colonel Sanders founds KFC 1942: MacArthur proclaims "I shall return" 1948: First live televised symphony concerts--Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra on CBS followed by Arturo Toscanini leading the NBC orchestra on NBC 1968: LBJ signs bill removing gold backing for paper money 1976: Patty Hearst convicted of bank robbery 1985: Libby Riddles is first woman to win Iditarod 1986: NYC passes first lesbian and gay rights legislation 1999: Legoland California opens 2003: Ground invasion of Iraq begins 2020: Tom Brady agrees to join Tampa Bay Born: Henrik Ibsen

History: 1612: Bartholomew Legate is last person burned to death in England for religious views 1791: Robert Burns publishes "Tam O' Shanter 1850: Henry Wells and William Fargo form American Express 1881: Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens at Madison Square Garden--company closes in 2017 1892: Lord Stanley presents a silver cup for the hockey championship 1922: Gandhi sentenced to 6 years in prison 1931: First electric shavers go on sale--Schick 1952: Roosevelt creates War Relocation Authority--Japanese internment 1952: First plastic lens for cataract patients 1953: Boston Braves move to Milwaukee approved 1965: Poppin Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced 1965: Alexey Leonov is first person to walk in sppace 2005: Terry Schiavo's feeding tube removed 2018: First fatal accident involving a self-driving car 2020: Covid closes US-Canadian border to all non-essential travel Born: John C Calhoun, Grover Cleveland, Rudolph Diesel, Cluny McPherson [invented gas

 History: 1521: Magellan reaches the Philippines 1737: First celebration of St Patrick's Day in US- Boston 1845: Rubber band patented 1905: Einstein completes paper detailing Quantum Theory of Light 1912: Camp Fire Girls organized 1944: Mt Vesuvius erupts destroying several towns 1969: Golda Meir becomes Israel's Prime Minister 1995: US approves first chickenpox vaccine 2020: EU bans most travelers Born: Jim Bridger [mountain man], Gottlieb Daimler [1st motorcycle], Bobby Jones, Sammy Baugh, Nat King Cole, Rudolf Nureyev, John Wayne Gacy [serial killer], Kurt Russell, Gary Sinise, Rob Lowe, Stormy Daniels, Katie Ledecky Died: Marcus Aurelius, Saint Patrick, Christian Doppler, Irene Curie [Nobel winner and daughter of two Nobel winners], Amos Alonzo Stagg, Helen Hayes, Oleg Cassini, Ray Meyer [great coach] Thought: When someone does something wrong, what do I do? Tell everyone I know about the failure. Now I am not gossiping, I am simply sharing.  I make a note of it so that I c

Three years ago today, I wrote my first Thought and distributed it to my Sunday School class via email. We had just begun the Covid crisis and I wanted to stay in touch with my friends. I am not sure how long the Lord will lead me to write, but for now I am blessed to share what He says to me as I read and pray each morning.   History: 597: Babylonians conquer Jerusalem 1802: Congress creates US Military Academy at West Point-open July 4 1850: Nathaniel Hawthorne publishes "The Scarlett Letter" 1867: Joseph Lister's first publication about antiseptic surgery 1912: Mrs. William Howard Taft plants first cherry tree in DC 1915: Federal Trade Commission organized 1926: Robert Goddard launches first liquid fueled rocket--goes 184 feet 1930: Harry Ironside preaches his first sermon as pastor of Moody Church 1934: Academy Award first called "Oscar" 1968: About 400 Vietnamese civilians killed at My Lai 1988: Oliver North indicted in Iran-Contra affair 2020: France order

 History: 44BC: Julius Caesar stabbed to death 1869: Cincinnati Red Stockings become 1st professional baseball team 1892: First escalator patented by Jesse Reno 1906: Rolls Royce LTD formed 1912: Cy Young retires 1913: First Presidential news conference 1919: American Legion forms 1945: Billboard publishes its first album chart 1954: CBS Morning News premiers with Jack Parr and Walter Cronkite 1960: Key Largo Reef Preserve established [1st underwater park] 1966: Race riots in Watts 1972: "The Godfather" premiers 1985: First internet domain name registered--symbolics.com 1998: Nazarene evangelist Matthew Sabwela preaches in Malawi and 2400 are saved during one service 2018: Toys R Us announces the closing of all stores 202: EU imposes restrictions on gatherings and border crossings because of Covid Born: Saint Nicholas, Andrew Jackson, Harry James [bandleader], Norm Van Brocklin, Alan Bean [astronaut], Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Jimmy Lee Swaggart, Don Sundquist, Sly Stone Died: Hen

  History: 1794: Eli Whitney patents cotton gin 1885: Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Mikado" premiers 1899: Zeppelin receives US patent for "Navigable Balloon" 1900: US goes on the gold standard 1913: South African Supreme Court declares marriages not celebrated under Christian rites or not registered are invalid--impacts all Muslim and Hindu marriages 1943: Nazi's liquidate Jewish Krakow ghetto 1950: FBI's 10 Most Wanted list begins 1964: Jack Ruby sentenced to death for killing Lee Harvey Oswald 1966: "Born Free" released 1973: John McCain released after 5+ years as POW 2006: Mike Wallace retires from "60 Minutes" 2017: Muirfield in Scotland votes to admit women after 273 years Born: Lucy Hobbs Taylor [1st US woman dentist], Casey Jones, Albert Einstein, Lee Petty [racer], Truett Cathy [Chick-fil-A], Frank Borman, Don Haskins [Texas El Paso], Michael Caine, Quincy Jones, Gene Cernan, Clyde Lee, Wes Unseld, Billy Crystal, J Fred Muggs

  History: 1639: Cambridge College renamed Harvard for clergyman John Harvard 1781: William Herschel discovers Uranus--thought it was a comet 1868: Impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson begins 1884: US adopts standard time 1900: France limits working day for women and children to 11 hours 1925: Tennessee legislature passes the Butler Bill prohibiting teaching evolution. Scopes Trial will begin in July 1926. 1930: Discovery of Pluto announced 1935: Driving tests for licensure introduced in Great Britain 1943: Nazis liquidate Jewish ghetto in Krakow--Schindler saves his workers 1954: Braves Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle and is replaced by Hank Aaron 1986: Microsoft has 1st public stock offering 2004: Pavarotti performs his last opera--Tosca 2012: Encyclopedia Britainnica ceases publishing a printed edition 2019: Boeing 737 MAX grouded after 2 crashes 2020: Breonna Taylor killed by police executing a no-knock warrant Born: L Ron Hubbard [Scientology], Walter Annenberg ["Reader's D

  History: 1669: Mt Etna erupts killing 15,000 1774: Sotheby's holds its first auction 1824: Bureau of Indian Affairs created 1892: First public basketball game 1918: Private Albert Gitchell is first documented case of Spanish flu in US 1942: First deportation train leaves Paris for Auschwitz 1958: Charles Van Doren loses on "Twenty One" after inning $129,000--later proved to be fixed 1958: American League requires batting helmets 1983: Scott Hamilton wins World Figure Skating Championship 1966: NFL adopts instant replay 2020: Covid proclaimed a pandemic Born: Shemp Howard, Ralph Abernathy, Rupert Murdoch, Bobby McFerrin [Don't Worry Be Happy], Douglas Adams ["Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"], Becky Hammond [1st woman to coach an NBA team] Died: Alexander Fleming [penicillin], Oscar Mayer, Earl Stanley Gardner, Whitney Young, Vince Edwards, Betty Hutton, Merlin Olsen Thought: Yesterday, I was focused on Matthew 8:13 and the faith of the centurion. On t

 Writing this morning from beautiful, snowy Moline Illinois. History: 418: Jews excluded from public office in the Roman empire 1747: John Newton converted during a terrible storm at sea--Amazing Grace 1849: Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent--only President to do so 1862: US issues first paper money 1876: First telephone call, "Mr. Watson, come here" 1969: James Earl Ray pleads guilty to killing Martin Luther King Jr. 1981: Kim Carnes releases "Bette Davis Eyes" 1997: "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" premiers 1997: Palm Pilot released Born: Barry Fitsgerald, Jethro Burns [Homer & Jethro], James Earl Ray, Chuck Norris, Osama Bin Laden, Sharon Stone, Pam Oliver, Jon Hamm, Shannon Miller, Carrie Underwood Died: Tiberius [Emperor when Christ was crucified], Harriet Tubman, Zelda Fitzgerald, Ray Milland, Andy Gibb, Lloyd Bridges, Joni Sledge ["We Are Family"], Hubert de Givenchy Thought: Focused on Matthew 8:13 this morning. This verse comes at the e

  History: 320: 40 Roman soldiers refuse to renounce Christ and offer sacrifices to the Roman Emperor. They are threatened with torture, prison and death. they respond, "Nothing you can offer us can replace what we would lose in the next world--we've learned to deny our bodies where the welfare of our souls is at stake." They are sentenced to die on the ice. they strip off their clothes and say, " What is death to us but an entrance into eternal life." Sitting naked on the ice, one of the 40 crawls away lured by a warm bath. When he climbed into the bath, his system failed and he died. A guard sees a vision of angels and crowns over the dying men, strips off his clothes and joins them. A reminder that when others see our devotion to God, they are drawn to God.  1509: Luther receives Bachelor of Bible degree. 1562: Kissing in public banned in Naples--punishable by death 1776: Adam Smith publishes "The Wealth of Nations" 1862: Monitor and Merrimack battl

 History: 1817: NY Stock Exchange founded 1894: First dog licensing law [NY] 1927: Pan American Airlines incorporates 1934: Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as the Milky Way has stars 1936: First stock car race at Daytona Beach 1948: Hugo Black writes Supreme Court opinion ruling religious instruction in public school unconstitutional 1983: IBM releases PC DOS 2.0 2014: Malaysia Flight MH370 disappears 2020: US reports 521 Covid cases and 21 deaths Born: Josephine Cochrane [invented automatic dishwasher], Edward Kendall [isolated cortisone], Cyd Charisse, Ralph Baer [1st video game console], Pete Dawkins [Army Heisman winner], Jim Bouton, Lynn Redgrave Died: Hector Berlioz, Millard Fillmore, Henry Ward Beecher, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, William Howard Taft, Ray Nitschke, Joe DiMaggio, Max von Sydow Thought: Yesterday I was reminded that the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy and peace--so we are not anxious. Today I have marked Matthew 7:16 and 20--"you will know them by thei

  History:  321: Constantine proclaims Sunday as the day of rest in the Empire 1526: Zurich Council orders death by drowning to all Anabaptists 1530: The Pope denies Henry VIII's request for a divorce 1857: Baseball decides that a game is 9 innings, not the first to 9 runs 1876: Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for the telephone 1908: Mayor of Cincinnati announces "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles" 1912: Roald Amundsen annouces his discovery of the South Pole [located 12/14/1911] 1935: Fanny Crosby arrives at school for the blind in NY 1936: Hitler sends troops into the Rhineland--violates Treaty of Versailles 1955: "Peter Pan" starring Mary Martin televised live on NBC 1965: "Bloody Sunday" in Selma  1972: Roberta Flack releases "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" 1983: The Nashville Network begins on cable 2009: Neymar makes professional soccer debut at age 17 2016: Peyton Manning announces his retirement Born: R

  History: 1836: The Alamo falls after a 13-day siege.  1853: Verdi's "La Traviata" premiers 1857: Dred Scott decision holds that Africans cannot become US citizens 1869: Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table to the Russian Chemical Society 1899: Bayer patents asprin 1918: US Naval boat Cyclops disappears in the Bermuda Triangle 1945: George Nissen receives a patent for the first modern trampoline 1950: Silly Putty goes on sale in the US 1951: Rosenberg trial begins 1964: Cassius Clay becomes Muhammad Ali 1966: "Ballad of the Green Berets" hits #1 1976: Dorothy Hamill wins world figure skating gold 1981: Walter Cronkite signs off for the last time 2018: Megan Barry resigns a Nashville Mayor Born: Michelangelo, Cyrano de Bergerac, Casimir Pulaski [father of American cavalry and namesake of Pulaski TN], Elisabeth Barrett Browning, Lefty Grove, Lou Costello, Alan Greenspan, Gordon Cooper, Valentina Tereshkova [1st woman in space], Willie Stargell, Dick

 History: 1791: Congress establishes the US Mint 1794: African Episcopal Methodist Church founded 1812: First foreign aid bill--to help earthquake victims in Venezuela 1837: Supreme Court grows from 7 to 9 1871: Civil Service system established 1873: Comstock Law--prohibits sending obscene materials through the mails 1885: AT&T incorporates 1887: Anne Sullivan begins teaching Helen Keller 1900: US Steel organized 1921: Discovery of insulin announced 1923: First issue of Time Magazine 1933: Mount Rushmore dedicated 1991: Rodney King beaten on video 2020: Tornadois kill 25 in Tennessee Born: George Pullman, Alexander Graham Bell, Charles Ponzi, Jean Harlow, Herschel Walker, Jessica Biel Died: Alfieri Maserati, Lou Costello,  Willaim Frawley ["I Love Lucy"], Danny Kaye, Arthur Murray, Albert Sabin, Harlan Howard [songwriter], Roger Bannister Thought: Continuing to look at the Beatitudes in Matthew 5 this morning.  God blesses those who are merciful. Mercy is not giving someo

 History: 1628: Royal Charter issued to Massachusetts Bay Colony 1681: William Penn receives charter for Pennsylvania 1789: First Congress meets and declares Constitution effective 1801: Jeffereson is first President inaugurated in Washington 1863: Battle of Thompson Station TN 1877: World premier of "Swan Lake" 1902: AAA founded 1989: Pyramid at the Louvre open 2012: Putin wins election amid claims of voter fraud Born: Antonio Vivaldi, Karl Bayer, Charles Goren [bridge], Charles Walgreen, Paula Prentiss, Rick Perry, Draymond Green Died: Alexander Campbell [[started the movement that became Disciples of Christ and Church of Christ], Daniel Whittle ["I Know Whom I Have Believed" "Moment by Moment", and "There Shall Be Showers of Blessing"], Hank Gathers, Christian Nelson [Eskimo Pie], John Candy, Minnie Pearl, Harold Stassen, Pat Conroy, Luke Perry Thought: Continuing to look at the Beatitudes this morning. I know you are like me and want God'

 History: 1799: Congress standardizes weights and measures 1819: First immigration law 1867: Department of Education created 1877: Electoral College elects Rutherford B Hayes over Samuel Tilden 1889: Kansas passes first anti-trust law in the US 1899: Mt. Ranier National Park created 1925: Nationwide system for road numbering and the US shield marker adopted 1930: The Catholic Hour premiers on radio 1933: "King Kong" premiers 1938: Martin Niemoller sentenced to 7 years by the Nazis 1946: Ho Chi Minh elected president of North Vietnam 1962: Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points  1965: "Sound of Music" released 1968: Peggy Fleming wins third consecutive world title 1969: First flight of the Concorde 1983: Compact Disc recording introduced by Sony and Phillips 2004: Colts sign Peyton Manning to a 7-year $96 million contract Born: Sam Houston, Dr. Seuss, Mel Ott, Desi Arnaz, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tom Wolfe, Porky Pig, Denny Crum, Karen Carpenter, Laraine Newman [SNL], Ian Woos

 History: 1516: First published New Testament in Greek--Erasmus 1781: Continental Congress adopts Articles of Confederation 1867: Howard University chartered 1872: Yellowstone becomes the first National Park 1896: Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity 1932: Lindbergh baby kidnapped--found dead May 12 1937: US Steel raises wages to $5 per day 1941: First commercial FM radio station goes on the air--Nashville 1947: International Monetary Fund begins operations 1961: JFK establishes the Peace Corps 1962: First K Mart opens 1974: Watergate jury convicts 7 Presidential aides 2004: Terry Nichols convicted as accomplice to Timothy McVeigh in OKC bombing 2020: First known Covid cases identified in NY Born: Botticelli [Birth of Venus], Frederic Chopin, Alaska Davidson [1st female FBI agent], Glenn Miller, David Niven, Harry Caray, Dinah Shore, Yitzhak Rabin, Pete Rozelle, Harry Belafonte, Robert Bork, Alan Thicke, Ron Howard, Javier Bardem, Justin Bieber, Tyreek Hill Died: Jackie Coogan, Joe