Thought for Today

 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 1981: Ronald Reagan shot by John Hinckley 1984: Policeman offers waitress half of a lottery ticket as a tip--they share $6 million and a movie is made 1997: Lady Vols win 5th National Championship 2020: Virginia, Maryland, Florida and Arizona lock down due to Covid Born: Maimonides [Jewish philosopher], Robert Bunsen [Bunsen Burner], Anna Sewell ["Black Beauty"], Van Gogh, Frankie Laine, Ingvar Kamprad [founded Ikea], Warren Beatty, Jerry Lucas, Eric Clapton, Paul Reiser, MC Hamer, Celine Dion, Secretariat,  Died: James Cagney, Queen Elizabeth [Queen Mother], Alistar Cooke, Dith Pran ["The Killing Fields"] Some of the quotes from Maimonides:     Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime     The risk of a wrong decisi

 1798: Republic of Switzerland forms 1867: Congress approves building Lincoln Memorial 1932: Jack Benny premiers on radio 1943: Meat, butter and cheese rationed 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted of spying and sentenced to death 1961: 23rd Amendment ratified allowing D.C. residents to vote in Presidential elections 1971: William Calley convicted in My Lai massacre 1974: Terracotta army discovered in China 1976: 8 National Guardsmen indicted for Kent State shooting 1981: Louisiana Tech defeats Lady Vols in AIAW Championship 1982: "Chariots of Fire" wins Best Picture on the birthday of the music's composed, Vangelis 1987: Lady Vols wins NCAA Basketball Championship 1989: "Rainman" wins Best Picture 1998: Lady Vols complete three-peat 2020: Anthony Fauci warns of 100,000-200,000 Covid deaths in US Born: Santorio Sanctorius [invented thermometer], John Tyler, Cy Young, Eugene McCarthy, Man O' War, Sam Walton. John Belk [retailer], Walt Frazier, Earl Camp

  1910: First seaplane takes off from water under its own power 1930: Constantinople changes its name to Istanbul 1979: Partial meltdown at Three Mile Island 2017: World's largest dinosaur footprint discovered in Australia Born: Rick Barry, Reba McEntire, Julia Stiles, Lady Gaga Died: Ivan the Terrible, Virginia Woolf, Jim Thorpe, Dwight Eisenhower Thought: A couple of weeks ago was Super Tuesday. Not too sure what was super about it, but on that day, people in many states made a choice. For reasons I won't get into today, I think Jesus was crucified on Thursday of Passion Week. So for me, today is the day Pilate gave the people the choice--Jesus or Barabbas. Read Luke 23:13-25 with me today. The Bible is a book of choices from beginning to end.  In the garden, Adam and Eve had a choice--believe God or believe Satan. Either God was right [if you eat of the tree you will surely die] or Satan was right [you will not die]. A choice. Joshua asked the people to decide today who you

 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 authorities for 5 years 1939: First NCAA basketball championship--Oregon beats Ohio State 1952: Sun Records begins releasing records 1964: Great Alaska earthquake--9.2 1972: Adolph Rupp retires 1977: Two 747's collide at Tenerife killing 583 1980: Mt Saint Helens erupts 1995: "Forrest Gump" wins Academy Award 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, Sarah Vaughn, David Janssen, Cale Yarborough, Quentin Tarantino, Mariah Carey Died: Yuri Gargarin, Milton Berle, Dudley Moore, Joe Bellino Thought: Reading Luke 22:66-71 today. Here is the question everyone must answer. " Are You the Christ? Are You t

 127: Ptolemy begins his study of the heavens [lasts 14 years] 1804: Congress orders American Indians moved from East of the Mississippi to Louisiana 1820: Joseph Smith has his first vision 1830: Book of Mormon published 1885: Eastman manufactures the first commercial motion picture film 1942: First transports to Auschwitz and Birkenau 1953: Jonas Salk announces successful testing of polio vaccine 1979: Magic Johnson and Michigan State defeat Larry Bird and Indiana State 1982: "Ebony and Ivory" released by Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney 1986: Joan Andrews sentenced to 5 years in prison for trying to disconnect suction machine in an abortion clinic. Arrested 200 times for anti-abortion activities 2020: U.S. Covid cases exceed all other countries--81,578 cases and 1180 deaths Born: Robert Frost, Duncan Hines, Tennessee Williams, William Westmoreland, Strother Martin, Sandra Day O'Connor, Leonard Nimoy, Alan Arkin, Nancy Pelosi, Diana Ross, Vicki Lawrence, Martin Short, Je

  1807: Parliament abolishes slave trade in the British Empire 1934: First Masters Tournament [Augusta National Invitation Tournament] 1954: RCA manufactures the 1st color television  1960: First guided missle launched from a nuclear powered submarine Born: Bela Bartok, Jack Ruby, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Sarah Jessica Parker Died: Claude Debussy, Warren Burger, Buck Owen, “England" Dan Seals ["I'd Really Like to See You Tonight"], Bill Brock [TN Senator], Larry McMurtry,  Thought: As we enter Passion Week, I am continuing to look at that last week leading to the resurrection that we will celebrate Sunday.  Luke 22:24-38 contains an amazing story. Think about the context. Passover is at hand, the celebration of God's mercy and grace in preserving those who were covered by the blood in Egypt, remembering God's power and provision is leading Israel from slavery to the Promised Land, God's judgement in the destruction of the Egyptian army, and God making

 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 first elevator at 488 Broadway NYC 1903: Wright Brothers file patent for flying machine 1929: First telephone installed at the President's desk 1933: Hitler granted dictatorial powers 1945: the Swallow Sidecar Company changes its name to Jaguar 1965: Gemini 3--1st 2-man US space flight--Grissom and Young 1981: Supreme Court allows states to require parental notification before teen-age girls have abortions 2020: World Health Organization says Covid is accelerating Born: Fannie Farmer, Joan Crawford, Werner von Braun, Roger Bannister [4 minute mile], Craig Breedlove [land speed record], Carl Pickens [UT], Kyrie Irving Died: Peter Lorre, Barney Clark [1st artificial heart recipient], Elizabeth Taylor, Joe Garagiola Thought: In chapter 21 of Luke, Jesus talks about the future and tel

 1765: Stamp Act--1st direct British tax on the colonies 1861: First nursing school in the US chartered 1872: Illinois is first state to require sexual equality in hiring 1903: Niagara Falls runs out of water due to a drought 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 a laser issued 2020: India initiates curfew to combat Covid Born: Chico Marx, Louis D'Lamour, Karl Malden, Werner Klemperer ["Hogan's Heroes"], Marcel Marceau, Pat Robertson, Stephen Sondheim, William Shatner, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Wolf Blitzer, Bob Costas, Reese Witherspoon, JJ Watt Died: Jonathan Edwards, Goethe, Uncle Dave Macon, William Hanna [Hanna-Barbera], Wayne Huizenga [Blockbuster, Waste Management, Miami Dolphins] I like a quote from Jonathan Edwards--"Grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected." Thought: Yesterday, we looked at the w

 1349: Black Death riots in Erfurt Germany kill many Jews 1844: Original date predicted by William Miller for the return of Christ and end of the world.--Missed it 1871: Henry Morton Stanley begins his expedition to Africa 1943: Assassination attempt on Hitler fails 1961: The Beatles first appearance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool; Art Modell buys the Cleveland Browns for $3.925 million 1963: Alcatraz closes 1965: MLK begins his march from Selma to Montgomery 1980: "Dallas" season ends with JR shot by unknown assailant 2006: First "tweet" sent by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey 2014: Russia annexes Crimea Born: Matthew Broderick, Gary Oldman, Rosie O'Donnell Died: Pocahontas, Willis Reed, Robert Preston ["Music Man"] Thought: Continuing with Passion Week lessons today and looking at Luke 21:1-4. The story of the widow's mite is very familiar. I am struck by the context as I read again today. Look at 20:45-47. Jesus has responded to questions about His

 1757: William Romaine preaches on the topic "the Lord our righteousness" at St. Mary's in Oxford England. His sermon offends the self-righteous scholars and he is never allowed to preach there again. 1774: First of the Intolerable Acts--Boston Port Act--closes harbor until damages for the Tea Party are paid 1800: Volta reports the discovery of the electric battery 1852: "Uncle Tom's Cabin" published 1886: First commercial alternating current power plant in the US begins operation 1890: General Federation of Women's Clubs formed 1922: USS Langley is commissioned--first aircraft carrier 1930: KFC founded by Harlan Sanders 1942: MacArthur says "I will return" 1984: Senate rejects bill allowing spoken prayer in public schools 1986: NYC passes first gay rights legislation 1999: Legoland California opens--Thomas loved it; Julianne broke her arm 2003: U.S. invades Iraq 2020: Tom Brady agrees to join Tampa Bay 2020: Smoke from the Australian wildfires

  1911: First International Women's Day 1918: Congress approves time zones and daylight savings time 1928: Amos and Andy premiers on radio 1931: Nevada legalizes gambling 1949: First museum totally dedicated to atomic energy--Oak Ridge 1966: Texas Western beats Kentucky to win NCAA tournament 1987: Jim Bakker resigns after accusations by Jessica Hahn 2020: California locks down due to Covid Born: William Bradford [Plymouth Colony], David Livingstone, Wyatt Earp, William Jennings Bryan, Earl Warren, John Sirica [Watergate Judge], Adolph Eichmann [Holocaust], Jay Berwanger [1st Heisman], Gay Brewer, Philip Roth ["Goodbye Columbus"], Ursula Andress, Sirhan Sirhan, Glenn Close, Bruce Willis, Andy Reid Died: Edgar Rice Burroughs [Tarzan], Anne Klein, John D Lorean, Arthur C Clarke, Paul Schofield, Jimmy Breslin, Thomas Ken Thomas Ken is called England's first hymnist. He wrote three hymns for the boys at Westminster College--morning, evening and midnight [if they were havi

 1612: Bartholomew Legate is the last person burned to death in England for his religious opinions 1662: First public bus service begins--Paris 1791: Robert Burns publishes "Tam O' Shanter" 1818: Congress approves pensions for government service 1850: Henry Wells and William Fargo form American Express 1881: Barnum & 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 for disobedience 1931: First electric shavers go on sale--Schick 1942: FDR creates War Relocation Authority--Japanese internment 1952: First plastic lens for cataract patient fitted 1953: NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee 1965: Poppin Fresh Pillsbury Dough Boy introduced; Alexey Leonov is the first to walk in space 2005: Terry Schiavo's feeding tube removed 2018: First fatal accident involving a self-driving car 2020: US-Canadian

 597 BC: Babylonians conquer Jerusalem 1802: Congress creates West Point [Opens July 4] 1830: Slowest trading day on the NYSE--31 shares traded 1850: Nathaniel Hawthorne publishes "The Scarlet Letter" 1869: Hiram Revels makes the first official speech by an African American in the Senate 1912: Mrs. Willam Howard Taft plants the first cherry tree in DC 1915: Federal Trade Commission established 1926: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid fuel rocket--goes 184 feet 1930: Harry Ironside preaches his first sermon as pastor of Moody Church 1934: Academy Award statue first called "Oscar" 1968: My Lai massacre [400 Vietnamese civilians killed] 1988: Oliver North indicted in the Iran Contra affair 1994: Tonya Harding pleads guilty in attack on Nancy Kerrigan 2020: France locks down due to Covid Born: James Madison, Anna Atkins [first to publish a book illustrated with photographs], Dr. Joseph Mengele [Nazi war criminal], Pat Nixon, Jerry Lewis, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, E

 44 BC: Julius Caesar stabbed to death 1862: General John Hunt Morgan begins 4 days of raids near Gallatin 1869: Cincinnati Red Stockings become the first professional baseball team 1892: First escalator patented by Jesse Reno 1906: Rolls Royce LTD formed 1907: Finland is the first European country to give women the right to vote 1912: Cy Young retires from baseball [511 wins] 1913: First Presidential press conference 1919: American Legion forms 1937: First state sponsored contraception clinic opens in NC 1945: Billboard publishes its first album chart 1954: CBS Morning Show with Jack Paar and Walter Cronkite premiers 1960: Key Largo Reef Preserve established--first 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 at one service 2018: Toys R Us announces closing of all stores 2020: European countries close borders a

 1794: Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin 1885: Gilbert & Sullivan's "Mikado" premiers 1900: U.S. goes on the gold standard 1913: South African Supreme Court declares all non-Christian marriages invalid--voids all Muslim and Hindu marriages 1950: FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins 2017: World's oldest golf club, Muirfield in Scotland, votes to admit women after 273 years Born: Albert Einstein, Frank Borman, Kirby Puckett, Stephen Curry, Simone Biles Died: Karl Marx, George Eastman, Susan Hayward, Stephen Hawking Thought: I have been leading a study in Sunday School through the Book of Hebrews. Jan and I planned to be out of town last Sunday and next Sunday attending basketball tournaments with the Belmont teams. Larry Swift is leading the Hebrews study on these Sundays in chapter 11 of Hebrews. This is the faith chapter. Today and tomorrow my thoughts are focused on a couple of verses from this chapter. Take a look at 11:3. "By fait

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 1877: Chester Greenwood patents earmuffs 1884: U.S. adopts standard time  1900: France limits working day for women and children to 11 hours 1925: Tennessee passes the Butler Bill prohibiting teaching that contradicts Genesis account--Scopes trial begins in 1926 1930: Discovery of Pluto announced 1935: Driving tests to qualify to drive introduced in Great Britain 1943: Nazis liquidate Jewish ghetto in Krakow--Schindler saves his workers 1986: Microsoft has its first public offering 2004: Pavarotti performs his final opera 2012: Encyclopedia Britannica stops publishing a printed version 2019: U.S. grounds Boeing 737 Max after two crashes 2020: Breonna Taylor killed by police executing a no-knock search Born: Walter Annenberg [Reader's Digest], L Ron Hubbard, Ralph Roberts [founded Comcast], Jan Howard, Joe

 1884: Mississippi establishes the first State college for women 1894: Coca Cola sold in a glass bottle for the first time 1912: Juliette Gordon Lowe forms Girl Guides [Girl Scouts] in Savannah 1933: FDR has first "fireside" chat 1945: NY is first state to prohibit discrimination in employment based on race 1970: U.S. voting age lowered to 18 1980: John Wayne Gacy convicted of killing 33 in Chicago 1986: Susan Butcher wins Iditarod 1994: Church of England ordains 1st 33 women priests 2003: Elizabeth Smart found after being missing for 9 months 2019: Dozens charged in college admission scandal--Lori Loughlin and Felecity Huffman 2020: NCAA Basketball Tournament cancelled Born: Clement Studebaker, Charles Boycott [locals refused to serve him giving us the term "boycott"], Gordon MacRae, Jack Kerouac, Wally Schirra, Edward Albee, Billie Thomas [Buckwheat], Herb Kelleher [Southwest], Andrew Young, Barbara Feldon, Eddie Sutton, Liza Minnelli, Mitt Romney, Jon Provost [Ti

 1669: Mt. Etna erupts killing 15,000 1774: Sotheby's holds first auction 1824: Bureau of Indian Affairs established 1892: First public basketball game 1918: Private Albert Gitchell is first documented case of Spanish Flu 1942: First deportation train leaves for Auschwitz 1958: Charles Van Doren loses on "Twenty One" after winning $129,000--turned out to be fixed 1958: American League requires batting helmets 1983: Scott Hamilton wins World Figure Skating Title 1986: NFL adopts instant replay 2020: Covid declared a pandemic Born: Shemp Howard, Ralph Abernathy, Rupert Murdoch, Bobby McFerrin, Doiglas Adams ["A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"], Becky Hammond Died: Alexander Fleming [penicillin], Oscar Mayer, Earl Stanley Garner, Whitney Young, Vince Edwards, Betty Hutton, Merlin Olsen Thought: Well, our pastor has been teaching a series on Colossians and a former pastor has been leading a study on Friday mornings in the book of Galatians. This study made me

  1509: Martin Luther receives Bachelor of Bible degree 1582: Kissing in public banned in Naples---punishable by death 1776: Adam Smith publishes "The Wealth of Nations" 1862: Battle between the Monitor and Merrimack 1864: Grant appointed commander of the Union Army 1916: Pancho Villa invades the U.S. killing 18 1945: 333 B-29's fire bomb Tokyo 1959: Barbie premiers at the NY Toy Fair 1964: First Ford Mustang produced 1974: Last Japanese soldier surrenders--29 years after the war 1989: Eastern Airlines files for bakruptcy Born: Amerigo Vespucci, George Hayward [1st to use ether in surgery], Leland Sanford, Will Geer, Mickey Spillane, Lloyd Price, Yuri Gargarin, Mickey Gilley, Raul Julia, Bobby Fischer, Andy North,  Died: Johann Pachelbel [Canon in D], Arnold Toynbee [historian], Bobby Locke, Menachem Begin, George Burns, Glenn Davis [Heisman], Bill Wade On this day in 320, the Governor of Armenia sentenced 40 soldiers to die on the ice for refusing to renounce Christ and

 1817: NY Stock Exchange founded 1894: First dog licensing law [NY] 1927: Pan American Airlines incorporates 1934: Edwin Hubble telescope shows as many galaxies as there are stars in the Milky Way 1936: First stock car race on Daytona Beach 1948: Supreme Court rules religious education in public schools unconstitutional 1972: First flight of the Goodyear blimp 1983: IBM releases PC Dos 2.0 2014: Malaysia Flight MH 370 disappears 2019: US Women's soccer Team sues for equal pay 2020: US registers 521 Covid cases and 21 deaths Born: Josephine Cochrane [invented automatic dishwasher], Edward Kendall [isolated cortisone], Ralph Baer [first video console], Pete Dawkins [Lonesome end and Heisman winner at Army], Jim Bouton, Lynn Redgrave Died: Hector Berlioz, Millard Fillmore, Henry Ward Beecher, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, William Howard Taft, Ray Nitschke, Joe DiMaggio, 

  321: Constantine declares Sunday a day of rest in the Empire 1530: The Pope denies Henry VIII's divorce request 1876: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone 1908: Cincinnati Mayor announces that "women are not physically fit to operate automobiles." 1912: Roald Amundsen announces the discovery of the South Pole [found on December 14, 1911] 1936: Hitler breaks the Treaty of Versailles by sending troops into the Rhineland Born: Rob Roy, Rachel Weisz Died: Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Cool Papa Bell [Sachel Paige said he could turn out the light and be in bed before it got dark], Stanley Kubrick Thought: Continuing with Colossians 3 and what we should be doing if we have been raised with Christ. This morning I am looking at Colossians 3:15-17. Three times in these verse Paul tells us to let something happen. When I read this, I understand that these are things that Christ in the Holy Spirit wants for my life, but I have to let the Spirit do these things. So, if I have b

 1836: Battle of the Alamo ends after 13 days--William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett die 1853: Verdi's "La Traviata" premiers 1857: Supreme Court issues the Dred Scott decision--Africans cannot be U.S. citizens 1869: Mendeleev presents first periodic table of elements to the Russian Chemical Society 1899: Aspirin patented by employee of the Bayer Company in Germany 1921: Police in Sunbury PA issue law that women's skirt must be 4 inches below the knee 1964: Cassius Clay becomes Muhammad Ali 1981: Walter Cronkite signs off 2018: A message in a bottle thrown from the ship "Paula" in 1886 is found in Western Australia Born: Michelangelo, Casimir Pulaski, Lou Costello, Shaquille O'Neal Died: Gotlieb Daimler, John Philip Sousa, Georgia O'Keeffe, Kirby Puckett Thought: Yesterday, we were putting off the old self. Today, Paul tells us to put on the new self. [3:10-17]We start with the same refrain--if I have been raised with Christ: Keep/continually r

 310: Adianus thrown to the lions and later killed with a sword for being a Christian 1558: Smoking tobacco introduced in England 1743: First religious journal published in the U.S.--The Christian History 1770: Boston Massacre--Crispus Attucks, an African American, is the first to die 1807: Beethoven's Fourth Symphony premiers 1836: Samuel Colt produces his first pistol--- 34 calibre Texas model 1853: Steinway Piano Company forms 1904: Tesla describes "ball" lightning 1934: Mother-in-Law Day first celebrated---Amarillo TX 1970: "Airport" movie released 1984: Supreme Court says a city may use public funds for a nativity scene 1994: Largest milkshake--1955 gallons--chocolate 2019: Bugatti announces the La Voiture Noire automobile--1 produced and sold for $19 million Born: James Merritt Ives [Currier & Ives], Rex Harrison, Penn Jillette [Penn & Teller], Andy Gibb, Michael Irvin Died: Alessandro Volta [first battery], John Adams [last of the Bounty mutineers

 1628: Massachusetts Bay Colony chartered 1681: William Penn receives charter for Pennsylvania 1789: Congress meets and declares Constitution effective 1861: Lincoln inaugurated 1989: Louvre Pyramid opens 2012: Putin wins election amid claims of voter fraud Born: Vivaldi, Karl Bayer [Bayer aspirin], Charles Goren [Bridge], Charles Walgreen, Paula Prentiss, Rick Perry, Ray Boom Boom Mancini, Draymond Green Died: Alexander Campbell [movement that became Disciples of Christ and Church of Christ], Christian Nelson [invented Eskimo Pie], John Candy, Minnie Pearl, Pat Conroy, Luke Perry Thought: Reading Colossians 3:1-4 this morning. Commentators say that the first part of this chapter should be read [or sung] like an antiphonal chant. "If you have been raised with Christ" should be the lead in to the instructions and admonitions in verses 1-17. Today I am trying to grasp what Paul means by "the things above." He tells us to seek the "things above" and to set ou

  1799: Congress standardizes weights and measures 1819: First immigration law 1836: Texas declares independence from Mexico 1867: Department of Education created 1877: Electoral College elects Rutherford B Hayes over Samuel Tilden--185-184 1899: Mt. Rainier National Park created 1925: Nationwide road numbering system and adoption of US shield road marker 1933: "King Kong" premiers 1938: Martin Niemoller sentenced to 7 years in prison by the Nazis 1946: Ho Chi Minh elected president of North Vietnam 1962: Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points--but his greatest record is that one season he played every minute of every game including overtimes. 1965: "The Sound of Music" released 1968: Peggy Fleming wins her third straight world title 1969: First test flight of the Concorde 1983: Sony and Philips introduce compact disc recording 2004: Colts sign Peyton Manning to a 7-year $98 million contract Born: Sam Houston, Dr. Seuss, Mel Ott, Desi Arnaz, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tom Wolfe

 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 Bacquerel discovers radioactivity 1932: Lindbergh baby kidnapped--found dead on 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 operation \1961: JFK establishes the Peace Corps 1974: Watergate jury convicts 7 presidential aides 1996: 888 area code introduced 2004: Terry Nichols convicted as accomplice to Timothy McVeigh in bombing Oklahoma Federal Building 2020: First known Covid case identified in New York Born: Botticelli, Chopin, Alaska Davidson [first 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, J