Thought for Today

  1860: Samuel Wilberforce and Thomas Huxley debate Darwin's theory of evolution 1898: Fist known automobile ad--Scientific America--"dispense with a horse" 1938: Superman first appears in DC Comics 1955: Johnny Carson Show debuts Born: Susan Hayward, Mike Tyson, Michael Phelps Died: Lillian Hellman, Mrs. Martin Luther King, Sr. [shot in Ebenezer Baptist Church Thought: Continuing today with a look at 2 Corinthians 9 and focused on 9:8. Yesterday we read that we were to sow the seeds God provides cheerfully and expectantly, not coveting the seed for ourselves. I love verse 8 because it assures me that when I sow my time, my talents, my gifts, my resources, I do so in total reliance on God's grace. God is able. What are the limits on God's ability? He created the universe from nothing. He speaks worlds into existence. He raises the dead with a command. He stops the sun in its motion. He parts seas. Is anything to difficult for God? So when God tells me to sow bount...

  1964: Civil Rights Act passes Senate after 83=day filibuster 1966: U.S. bombs Hanoi for the first time Died: Henry Clay, Jayne Mansfield, ana Turner, Katherine Hepburn, Carl Reiner Thought: A few days ago, I was reading 2 Corinthians 6 and thinking about not receiving God's grace in vain, but allowing God's amazing grace to strengthen and guide me through all circumstances with endurance. Chapter 9 has another truth about God's grace as it applies to generosity. 9:7 is a familiar verse to most of us and is usually cited in sermons related to tithing or giving money. Today, I am reading 9:5-12. This passage includes a life verse for me, 9:8. Don't let covetousness affect your attitude. In chapter 8, Paul has described the generosity of the Macedonian church as an example to the church at Corinth. The Corinthians had promised to participate in the collection for the saints at Jerusalem, but had not delivered. So in 9:5, Paul explains that he has sent ahead representativ...

  1838: Queen Victoria crowned 1919: Treaty of Versailles signed 1951: "Amos 'n' Andy" premiers on TV 1971: Supreme Court holds state underwriting of nonreligious instruction in parochial schools unconstitutional Born: Henry VIII, John Wesley, Mel Brooks, Elon Musk, John Elway, Peter Paul Reubens, Eliza Hewitt [wrote "Will There Be Any Stars?", "More About Jesus I Would Know," "When We All Get to Heaven," "Sunshine in the Soul"] Died: James Madison On this day in 1810, a letter was written that began the American missionary movement with the founding of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions--Adoniram and Ann Judson and Luther Rice went to Asia in 1812. Who wrote the letter? The boys of the Haystack Prayer meeting. Samuel Mills and his friends were students at Williams College. During a prayer meeting in the trees near the college, a storm arose. The boys gathered in a haystack where they prayed for nations by ...

  1950: Truman orders Air Force and Navy into the Korean conflict 1967: First ATM installed, London Born: Helen Keller Died: Joseph Smith [lynched by a mob in Carthage IL], Jack Lemon, James Mountain [wrote the tune for "Like a River Glorious"] Thought: Continuing with 2 Corinthians 6:4-10 this morning. Yesterday we read that Paul and Jesus urge us to not receive the grace of God in vain, giving no offense in any situation, so that the ministry of the gospel would never be discredited. In the following verses, Paul tell us what that means in daily living. Rather than discrediting the gospel ministry, powered by God's grace I commend/recommend the gospel by serving God--makes you think of Romans 12:1-2--we are transformed, not conformed by the renewing of our minds so that we can prove/demonstrate the perfect will of God. Here are some ways Paul urges us to be good examples of servants of God. Endure with joy and peace . Well, that seems easy to do on most days. But that...

I have been writing a daily thought [except Sunday] since March of 2020. I began posting on this blog last June 13, 2022. I have covered the historical events with each post for 3 years. Going forward, I may include an important event, birthday or death, but will not be repeating those that I have previously posted. If you want to see the history, you can refer back to the post from last year.  Larry 1097: Armies of the First Crusade occupy Nicea 1284: According to the Luneburg manuscript, a piper leads 130 children away from Hamelin 1917: First U.S. troops arrive in France during WWI 1945: UN Charter signed 1955: The first Southern Baptist church organized in LasVegas is chartered 1974: Universal Product Code used for the first time--Wrigley's chewing gum in Troy Ohio Born: Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Ariana Grande, Pearl Buck Died: Pizarro, Roy Campanella, Liz Claiborne, Nora Ephron Thought: We urge you .  Are there some passages in the Bible that are difficult for you to read?...

  History: 1441: Eton College founded 1509: Henry VIII crowned King of England 1535: Anabaptist commune of Munster captured and its leaders killed 1664: New Jersey Colony founded 1717: First Free Mason grand lodge founded in London 1853: Franklin Pierce signs Gadsden Purchase 1861: Tennessee secedes from the Union 1880: First performance of "O Canada" 1902: George Dayton founds Goodfellow Dry Goods--now Target 1922: American Professional Football Association renamed the NFL 1947L Flying saucers sighted over Mount Rainier 1949: "Hopalong Cassidy" is first network western 1957: Supreme Court rules that obscenity not protected by First Amendment 1975: Eastern 727 crashes at JFK killing 113 1993: Unabomber bomb hits Yale professor David Gelernter--loses , eye, ear, part of right hand 2012: Saudi Arabia allows women athletes to compete at Olympics 2020: NY imposes 2-week isolation on those arriving from 9 states hit by Covid 2021: Champlain Tower South collapses in Miami...

 History: 930: World's oldest parliament established--Iceland 1863: Battle of Tullahoma 1888: Frederick Douglas nominated for Vice-President 1922: Walter Hagen is first American to win British Open 1926: First SAT exam in the US 1949: First 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School 1960: First contraceptive pill sold in the US 1970: Last "Red Skelton Show" 1979: Charlie Daniels releases "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" 1980: "David Letterman Show" premiers 2016: Britain votes for Brexit Born: Alan Turing, Bob Fosse, June Carter Cash, Wilma Rudolph, Clarence Thomas, Frances McDormand, Maria Thrailkill Vaughn Died: Chuck Taylor, Jonas Salk, Maureen O'Sullivan, Ed McMahon, Peter Falk, Ralph Stanley, Thought: Do you ever get discouraged? Things go wrong. Bad things happen to good people. Evil seems to have the upper hand. I try and live a holy life, but my flesh keeps getting in the way. By now I should have learned more, done more, served more. Ch...

 History: 1633: Galileo forced to recant heliocentric theory by the Church [Vatican admits it was wrong in 1992] 1675: Greenwich Observatory founded 1874: Lawn Tennis game introduced 1932: National League approves players wearing numbers 1940: First Dairy Queen 1944: GI Bill of Rights signed into law 1955: "Lady and the Tramp" released 1990: Florida law bans thong bathing suit 2020: Covid deaths in Brazil exceed 50,000 Born: Carl Hubbell [Baseball HOF], John Dillinger, Cicely Saunders [founded first hospice], Bill Blass, Diane Feinstein, Ed Bradley, Pete Maravich, Meryl Streep, Elizabeth Warren, Cyndi Lauper, Erin Brockovich, Clyde Drexler, Dan Brown, Kurt Warner, Dustin Johnson Died: Matthew Henry [commentary], David Selznick, Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Pat Nixon, George Carlin Thought: Reading the first 18 verses of 2 Corinthians 4 this morning. I find it interesting that 4:1 says we have a ministry and 4:7 says we have a treasure. Today, do I know what my ministry is? Do ...

  History: 1768: First medical diploma in America granted to John Archer, College of Philadelphia 1788: US Constitution becomes effective when New Hampshire ratifies it 1834: Cyrus McCormick patents reaping machine 1879: FW Woolworth opens his first "Woolworth's Great Five Cent Store" 1893: First Ferris wheel opens at Chicago Exposition 1948: 33 1/3 rpm phonograph record introduced 1964: Byron de la Beckwith arrested for murder of Medgar Evers--convicted 30 years later 1982: John Hinckley found not guilty of shooting President Reagan--insanity 1989: Supreme Court rules it is lawful to burn US flag in protest 2022: Bill Cosby found guilty of sexual assault of 16 year-old at the Playboy Mansion Born: Increase Mather [Puritan minister], Reinhold Niebuhr, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jane Russell, Maureen Stapleton, Benazir Bhutto, Kathy Mattea, Gretchen Carlson, Chris Pratt, Edward Snowden, Scottie Scheffler,  Died: Machiavelli, John Smith [colonist], Santa Anna, Leland Stanford, Maure...

  History: 1214: University of Oxford chartered 1782: Congress approves Great Seal of the United States and the Bald Eagle as its symbol 1837: Queen Victoria ascends to the throne--rules 63 years 1840: Samuel Morse patents telegraph 1867: Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska 1893: Lizzie Borden acquitted of murder 1895: First woman to receive PHD from an American University--Caroline Baldwin 1911: NAACP incorporates 1919: Treaty of Versailles signed 1930: Bobby Jones wins British Open on the way to single year Grand Slam 1944: Nazis begin mass extermination of Jews at Auschwitz 1967: Ali sentenced to 5 years in jail for failing to report for the draft 1975: "Jaws" released Born: Lillian Hellman, Errol Flynn, Chet Atkins, Audie Murphy, Doris Hart, Martin Landau, Olympia Dukakis, Len Dawson, Brian Wilson, Lionel Richie, John Goodman, Nicole Kidman,  Died: Bugsy Siegel, Howard Johnson, LeRoy Neiman, Jim Kiick Thought: Read 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 with me today. Do you feel ...

  History: 1865: Juneteenth--slaves are freed in Texas 1910: First Fathers' Day--Spokane 1912: Tennessee State University opens 1926: DeFord Bailey is the first African American to perform at the Grand Ole Opry 1961: Supreme Court strikes down Maryland constitutional provision requiring office holders to believe in God 1978: First appearance of Garfield 1987: Supreme Court rules that schools teaching evolution do not have to teach creationism 2018: GE is dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average--last of the original stocks Born: Blaise Pascal, Charles H Spurgeon, Wallis Simpson, Moe Howard, Guy Lombardo, Lou Gehrig, Salman Rushdie, Phylicia Rashad, Tazmanian Devil [1st appearance], Paula Abdul, Zoe Saldana,  Died: Nathaniel Greene, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, William Golding, James Galdolfini Thought: Reading some encouraging words in 2 Corinthians 1:20-22 this morning. Take a look at verse 20.  As many as may be the promises of God. Ponder that phrase. How many prom...

 History:  1775: Battle of Bunker Hill 1856: First Republican Convention 1863: Traveler's Insurance founded 1894: First polio epidemic--Rutland VT 1947: Pan Am chartered 1950: First kidney transplant 1956: Founding of Thomas Road Baptist Church by Jerry Falwell 1962: Jack Nicklaus wins his first major 1963: Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools 1994: Great Ford Bronco chase--OJ Simpson 2008: First same-sex marriage in California 2015: 9 people shot in Emanuel AME Church in Charleston Born: Igor Stravinsky, Ralph Bellamy, Crazy Legs Hirsch, Newt Gingrich, Barry Manilow, Greg Kinnear, Dan Jansen, Venus Williams Died: Kate Smith, Rodney King, Gloria Vanderbilt,  The Battle of Bunker Hill [Breed's Hill] made a significant impression on Abigail Adams and her young son, John Quincy. They watched the battle across the bay from Penn Hill. Leaving the scene , she made John Quincy promise to say the Lord's Prayer every morning before getting out of bed-...

 History: 1784: Holland forbids wearing orange clothes. Good idea? 1833: Samuel Mills writes "Lead Kindly Light" on a ship traveling from Italy to France 1858: Lincoln's house divided speech [Mark 3:25] 1864: Skirmish at Golgotha Georgia--the real battle was won at Golgotha near Jerusalem 1880: Salvation Army forms 1903: Ford Motors and Pepsi Cola incorporated 1933: FDIC formed 1947: First network news airs--Dumont Network 1960: "Psycho" released 1977: Oracle incorporated 1980: "Blues Brothers" premiers Born: Adam Smith, Geronimo, Stan Laurel, Katherine Graham, Erich Segal ["Love Story"], Phil Mickelson Died: Crawford Long [1st use of anesthetic in surgery], George Reeves [Superman], Brian Piccolo, Werner von Braun,  Thought: Reading 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 tis morning. Chapter 4 begins with "Therefore." Since we serve the God of all comfort and are ministers of the new covenant, we do not lose heart even if we are afflicted, suffering...

  History: 1215: King John signs Magna Carta 1667: First documented blood transfusion -- used sheep blood 1775: George Washington named Commander of the Continental Army 1844: Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber 1851: First ice cream factory 1877: Harry Flipper is first black to graduate from West Point 1878: First moving images--12 cameras used to determine if all 4 horse hooves leave the ground at once. 1907: Mary Mallon identified as Typhoid Mary 1911: IBM incorporates 1916: Boy Scouts of America forms 1924: Hoover becomes head of the FBI 1934: Great Smokey Mountains National Park dedicated 1965: Bob Dylan records "Like a Rolling Stone" 1967: "The Dirty Dozen" released 1974: "All the President's Men" published 1983: Supreme Court strikes down state restrictions on abortions 2006: 3 million March for Jesus in Sao Paolo Brazil 2020: Supreme Court rules gay and transgender people may not be discriminated against in the workplace Born: John Marrant...

  History: 1777: Continental Congress adopts Stars & Stripes Flag 1834: Sandpapaer patented 1847: Bunsen burner invented 1922: President Harding is first President to use radio--dedicates Francis Scott Key Memorial 1940: Auschwitz opens 1942: Anne Frank begins her diary 1946: Nat King Cole records "The Christmas Song" 1954: President Eisenhower signs order adding "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance 2002: "The Bourne Identity" released 2020: India reports 12,000 Covid cases per day Born: Harriet Beecher Stowe, Alois Alzheimer, Burl Ives, Pierre Salinger, Che Guevara, John MacArthur, Donald Trump, Pat Summitt, Eric Heiden, Steffi Graf Died: Benedict Arnold, Pierre L'Enfant, Mary Cassatt, Alan Jay Lerner, Henry Mancini, Ruth Graham Thought: Read 2 Corinthians 3;1-2 this morning. Some of those who were criticizing Paul had letters of recommendation from the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem. Paul did not have any letters of recommendation written on beau...

One year ago today, I posted my first thought on this blog.    History: 1774: Rhode Island is first colony to prohibit the importation of slaves 1888: Department of Labor created 1917: Deadliest air raid on London during WWI--162 killed, 432 injured 1920: Postal Service prohibits mailing babies  1922: Longest recorded attack of hiccups begins--lasts 68 years 1927: Ticker tape parade in NYC for Charles Lindbergh 1933: SS formed by Hermann Goering 1948: Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium-dies August 16 1962: Movie "Lolita" released 1971: NY Times begins publishing excerpts from the Pentagon Papers 1997: Timothy McVeigh sentenced to death in OKC bombing Born: Martha Washington, Basil Rathbone, Red Grange, Ralph Edwards ["This is Your Life"], Don Budge [tennis],  John Nash ["A Beautiful Mind"], Malcolm McDowell, Richard Thomas [John Boy], Tim Allen, Ally Sheedy, Hannah Storm, Chris Evans, the Olsen Twins,  Died: Darla Hood [The Little Rascals], B...

  History: 1665: New Amsterdam becomes a British colony and is renamed New York 1849: Gas mask patented 1859: Comstock Load discovered 1942: Anne Frank receives a diary as a birthday present 1944: First V-1 rocket attack on London 1948: Citation wins the Belmont and the Triple Crown 1963: Medgar Evers killed in Jackson MS 1964: Nelson Mandela begins a 27 year jail term 1967: Loving v. Virginia strikes down laws against interracial marriage 1981: "Raiders of the Lost Ark" premiers 1987: President Reagan says, "tear down that wall." 2013: Russia passes a law banning gay "propaganda" Born: John Roebling [engineered the Brooklyn Bridge], George HW Bush, Anne Frank, Jim Nabors, Chris Young [country music] Died: William Cullen Bryant, Sanford Bennett ["In the Sweet By and By"], Jimmy Dorsey, Milburn Stone [Doc on "Gunsmoke"], Bill Blass, Gregory Peck Sanford Bennet wrote "In the Sweet By and By" as a song of encouragement. He was a ...

History: 1692: Bridget Bishop is the first person hung for witchcraft in Salem 1720: First paste style mustard made in England 1752: Ben Franklin tests the lightning conductor with his kite 1768: British seize John Hancock's ship suspecting he unloaded cargo without paying tax 1793: First public zoo opens--Paris 1845: Andrew Jackson's parrot, Poll, is removed from Jackson's funeral at the Hermitage for swearing 1854: First class graduates from the Naval Academy 1899: Order of the Elks forms 1933: John Dillinger robs his first bank 1935: Bill Wilson and Robert Smith form Alcoholics Anonymous 1977: Al Geiberger posts a 59 at the Danny Thomas Classic 1991: Final episode of "Twin Peaks" Born: Jacques Marquette, Hattie McDaniel, Clyde Beatty [wild animal trainer], Saul Bellow, Judy Garland, Maurice Sendak, F Lee Bailey, Dan Fouts, Eliot Spitzer, Jeane Tripplehorn, Elizabeth Hurley, Tara Lipinski, Kate Upton,  Died: Alexander the Great, Marcus Garvey [Back to Africa], J...

  History: 68: Nero commits suicide 1534: Jacques Cartier sails into the St. Lawrence 1549: Church of England adopts the Book of Common Prayer 1732: Oglethorpe granted charter for Georgia 1856: 500 Mormons leave Iowa City for Salt Lake City 1909: Alice Ramsey is the first woman to drive across the US--Manhattan to San Francisco in 59 days 1931: Robert Goddard patents first design for a rocket powered plane 1934: First appearance of Donald Duck 1943: Income tax withholding authorized 1949: Georgia Clark becomes the first woman to serve as Treasurer of the US 1949: George Orwell publishes "1984" 1973: Secretariat wins Belmont and the Triple Crown 1978: Mormons allow black men into the priesthood 2013: Edward Snowden admits leaking NSA documents 2020: Charles Brown named Air Force Chief of Staff--first black to lead a branch of the armed forces Born: Peter the Great, Bertha von Suttner [1st woman to win Nobel Peace Prize], Cole Porter, Les Paul, Dick Vitale, Michael J Fox, Johnn...

  History: 65: Jews revolt against Rome capturing the fortress of Antonia in Jerusalem 452: Attila invades Italy 1786: Commercially made ice cream first advertised 1824: Washing machine patented 1861: Tennessee votes to secede 1869: Vacuum cleaner patented 1896: First auto theft when a Peugeot is stolen in Paris 1920: Red's Ed Roush ejected for sleeping in center field during a long argument in the infield 1942: Bing Crosby records "Silent Night" 1953: 113 killed by tornadoes in Flint MI 1958: Mickey Wright wins her first of 13 LPGA Majors 1983: "Trading Places" released 2020: Kathy Sullivan, 1st woman to walk in space, is the first woman to reach the deepest point in the ocean--Marianas Trench Born: Robert Schumann, Frank Lloyd Wright, Francis Crick [DNA], Byron White, Robert Preston, LeRoy Nieman, Barbara Bush, Joan Rivers, Nany Sinatra, William Calley [My Lai], Julianna Margulies, Kayne West Died: Mohammad [approximate date. Aren't you glad the founder of...

History: 1099: First crusaders arrive in Jerusalem 1769: Daniel Boone begins exploration of Kentucky 1893: Gandhi's first act of civil disobedience 1906: Lusitania launched 1917: Lion's Club International founded in Chicago 1929: Vatican City becomes a sovereign state 1941: Whirlaway wins the Belmont and the Triple Crown 1941: Battle of Midway ends 1946: Supreme Court bans discrimination in interstate travel 1955: Eisenhower is the first President to appear on color TV 1975: "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" hits #1 1977: Anita Bryant leads successful march against gay rights law in Miami 2020: Covid death toll passes 400,000 Born: Beau Brummel, Susan Blow [Mother of the Kindergarten], Paul Gauguin, Jessica Tandy, Dean Martin, Virginia McKenna [Born Free], Tom Jones, Muammar Gaddafi, Thurman Munson, Liam Neeson, Prince, Mike Pence, Bear Grylls Died: Robert the Bruce, Franz Gruber [organist, Silent Night], Chief Seattle, Jean Harlow, Alan Turing, Dorothy Parker, EM For...

  History: 1844: YMCA formed by George Williams in London 1912: Novarupta erupts in Alaska 1925: Chrysler Motors founded 1932: First gas tax in the US passed 1934: Securities and Exchange Commission created 1944: Operation Overlord--D-Day 1965: Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction" 1966: NFL and AFL announce their merger 1966: Stokely Carmichael launches "Black Power" movement 1968: Bobby Kennedy dies after being shot the previous night 2002: Asteroid explodes over the Mediterranean--more powerful than Nagasaki bomb 2018: Special pedestrian lane opened in China just for "phubbers" --slow walking smartphone users Born: Nathan Hale, Robert Falcon Scott, David Abercrombie, Thomas Mann, Sukarno, Bobby Mitchell [NFL], Tommie Smith [black power salute Mexico City], Bjorn Borg, Paul Giamatti,  Died: Patrick Henry, Hiram Bingham [re-discovered Machu Picchu], Carl Jung, J Paul Getty, Stan Getz, Sylvia Porter, Anne Bancroft, Billy Preston, Marvin Isley [Isley Brothe...

  History: 70: Titus breaches the walls of Jerusalem 1851: "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published in serial form in National Era 1937: Ford begins a 32 hour work week 1947: General Marshall outlines the "Marshall Plan" 1952: First sporting event nationally televised--heavyweight boxing 1967: Six Day War begins 1968: Bobby Kennedy shot 1985: Steve Cauthen wins The Derby to become first jockey to win Kentucky Derby and The Derby 1991: Episcopal Church in Washington DC ordains a lesbian priest 2018: Miss America pageant announces end to swimsuit competition Born: Elena Cornaro Piscopia [1st woman to receive an academic degree from a university], Thomas Chippendale, Pat Garrett, Pancho Villa, John Maynard Keynes, William Boyd [Hopalong Cassidy], Salvatore Ferragamo, Art Donovan [NFL] Bill Moyers, Robert Kraft [Patriots], Ken Follett, Suze Orman, Mark Wahlberg,  Died: Stephen Crane, O. Henry, Bill Tilden [tennis], Conway Twitty, Mel Torme, Ronald Reagan, Ray Bradbury, Kate Sp...

 History: 1539: Hernando de Soto lands in Florida 1851: First baseball uniforms--NY Knickerbockers wear straw hats, white shirts and long blue pants 1864: General Lee wins his last victory of the War at Cold Harbor 1888: "Casey at the Bat" first published 1916: ROTC established 1940: Last troops evacuated from Dunkirk 1946: First bikini displayed in Paris 1965: First American space walk by Ed White--Gemini 4 1967: "RESPECT", written by Otis Redding and sung by Aretha Franklin reaches #1 1969: "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" published 1969: Last episode of "Star Trek" airs 1988: "Big" premiers 1989: Beginning of Tiananmen Square massacre 2019: President Trump calls Mayor of London "a stone cold loser" during visit to London Born: James Hutton [Father of Geology], Jefferson Davis, Charles Drew [developed blood bank concept], Josephine Baker, Tony Curtis, Allen Ginsberg, Boots Randolph, Chuck Barris, Larry McMurtry ["Lonesome ...

 History: 1835: PT Barnum Circus begins first tour of US 1863: Harriet Tubman leads Union guerrillas into Maryland to free slaves 1896: Marconi applies for patent for wireless telegraph 1901: Benjamin Adams arrested for playing golf on Sunday 1924: All American Indians granted citizenship 1953: Elizabeth II coronation 1979: First homosexual rights bill signed in Los Angeles 1989: "Dead Poets Society" premiers 1997: Timothy McVeigh convicted of killing 168 in Oklahoma City bombing 2020: UK Covid death toll exceeds 50,000 Born: Marquis de Sade, Thomas Hardy, Edward Elgar, Johnny Weissmuller, Charlie Sifford, Pete Conrad, Sally Kellerman, Marvin Hamlisch, Jerry Mathers ["Leave It To Beaver"], Craig Stadler, Wayne Brady, Dennis Haysbert, Dana Carvey, Kyle Petty, Abby Wambach, Beverly Fulks Died: Guiseppe Garibaldi, Lou Gehrig, Rex Harrison, Johnny Mize, Richard Dawson, Wes Unseld Thought: 1 Corinthians 4:10 hit me this morning--"We are fools for Christ's sake....

 History: 1638: First earthquake recorded in U.S.--Plymouth 1660: Mary Dyer hung for being a Quaker in Massachusetts Bay Colony 1774: Boston Port Act--closes port to punish colonists 1796: Tennessee admitted as the 16th State 1813: Captain John Lawrence says "Don't give up the ship" which becomes the Navy motto 1881: Iroquois becomes 1st American bred horse to win the Epsom Derby--Iroquois Steeplechase is named for him.  1917: Hank Gowdy of the Boston Braves is the first major leaguer to enlist to serve in WWI and the only player to serve in both WW's. 1924: Ji Wang is secretly baptized in Taiwan. She gets religious training and as a result over 5000 head-hunters are baptized over the next 20 years 1925: Lou Gehrig begins his streak of 2130 consecutive games 1946: Assault captures the Belmont to win the first Triple Crown 1958: De Gaulle elected premier of France 1974: Heimlich maneuver published in Emergency Medicine Journal 2009: GM files for bankruptcy Born: Brigha...