Thought for Today

 1669: Last day in Samuel Pepys diary 1790: US copyright law enacted 1837: Astor Hotel opens in NYC--Waldorf-Astoria 1879: Madison Square Garden opens 1884: John Harvey Kellogg patents "flaked cereal" 1889: Johnstown Pennsylvania flood kills 2200 1911: Titanic launched 1921: 150-200 African Americans killed in race riot in Tulsa 1930: Bobby Jones wins British Amateur, 1st of the Grand Slam events 1968: Jimmy Stewart retires from the Air Force after serving 27 years 1977: Trans-Alaska pipeline completed 2007: Billy Graham Library dedicated-George HW Bush and Bill Clinton attend 2008: Usain Bolt sets 100 meter record--9.72 seconds 2015: Harriet Thompson completes a marathon at age 92 2019: Disgruntled employee kills 12 in Virginia Beach Born: Walt Whitman, Emily Bissell [founded Easter Seals], Norman Vincent Peale, Don Ameche, Clint Eastwood, Johnny Paycheck, Joe Namath, Laura Baugh, Jim Craig [goalie-Miracle on Ice], Brooke Shields, Colin Farrell Died: Joseph Grimaldi [greates...

 1431: Joan of Arc burned at the stake 1539: Hernando de Soto lands in Florida 1806: Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson accuses Jackson's wife of bigamy 1848: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gives US California, Nevada, Utah  and most of New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado for $15 million 1868: Decoration Day first observed in Northern States--now Memorial Day 1911: First Indy 500 1987: Philips unveils the compact disc video Born: Benny Goodman, Gale Sayers, Idina Menzel Died: Voltaire, Boris Pasternak,  Thought: Psalm 56 contains a question which is repeated in verses 4 and 11--" What can mere man do to me?" and "What can man do to me." If someone asked that question of you today, what would you say? Man can take my stuff, my health, my life. Man can take my family, my freedom, my job. Man can take my home, my money, my retirement. So why would the Bible ask "What can mere man do to me?" The writer of the psalm lists some things...

 1912: Curtis Publishing fires 15 young women for dancing the "turkey trot" during lunch break 1919: Patent for pop-up toaster filed 1922: Supreme Court says baseball is not a business and therefore exempt from the anti-trust laws 1942: Bing Crosby records "White Christmas" 1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay summit Everest [Norgay's birthday] 1977: Janet Guthrie is first women to drive in the Indy 500 2004: World War II Memorial dedicated in Washington 2015: "Jurassic Park" premiers 2018: ABC cancels "Roseanne" after she posts "racist" tweet 2019: Transgenderism no longer classified as a mental illness Born: Patrick Henry, Bob Hope, John Kennedy, Fay Vincent, Al Unser, John Hinckley [shot Reagan], Annette Benning, Carmelo Anthony Died: William Gilbert [Gilbert & Sullivan], Mary Pickford, Barry Goldwater, Dennis Hopper, Manuel Noriega Thought: Reading Psalm 50:7-15 this morning. As I read these verses, I wonder what God thin...

 1830: Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act beginning the Trail of Tears 1892: John Muir founds the Sierra Club 1923: US Attorney General opines it is lawful for women to wear pants anywhere 1928: Dodge and Chrysler merge 1936: Alan Turing submits for publication "On Computable Numbers" setting out the basics for modern computers 1961: Amnesty International formed 1972: First break-in at the Watergate Born: Jim Thorpe, Ian Fleming, Jerry West, Gladys Knight, Rudy Giuliani, John Fogerty, Sondra Locke, Marco Rubio, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Michael Oher Died: Noah Webster, Phil Hartman, Gary Coleman, Maya Angelou Thought: Considering a passage that I have never really focused on before this morning. Read Psalm 49: 16-20 with me.  Don't be concerned when the unrighteous seem to prosper. [49:16] When he dies, he will not take any of his riches, his honors, his position, the praises of men with him. [49:17-19] A person who lives pompously and arrogantly without understandin...

 1703: St. Petersburg founded 1896: Tornado kills 255 in St. Louis 1930: Richard Drew invents masking tape 1930: Chrysler Building opens as the tallest building in the world 1940: Operation Dynamo--Miracle at Dunkirk begins 1969: Construction on Walt Disney World begins 1995: Christopher Reeve paralyzed after falling off a horse 2020: U.S. covid death toll exceeds 100,000 Born: Francis Beaufort [Beaufort wind scale], Julia Ward Lowe, Wild Bill Hickok, Dashiell Hammett [Sam Spade], Rachel Carson ["Silent Spring"], Hubert Humphrey, Sam Snead, Herman Wouk, Christopher Lee, Henry Kissinger, Lee Merriwether, Ramsey Lewis, Louis Gossett Jr., Danny Wuerffel Died: John Calvin, Jerome Carlton [laziest man--inherited fortune at age 19, stayed in bed for the next 70 years], Gregg Allman, Bill Buckner, Luther Bridges Luther Bridges started preaching while a student at Asbury College. He took his wife and 3 boys to Harrodsburg Kentucky to stay while he was on a preaching trip. His family ...

  1521: Edict of Worms--outlaws Martin Luther and his followers 1784: Jews expelled from Warsaw 1787: Constitutional Convention opens 1842: Christian Doppler presents the Doppler Effect 1932: Dippy Dawg appears in Mickey's Revue--name later changed to Goofy 1935: Jesse Owens equals or breaks 4 world records during a 45-minute period at the Big Ten track meet 1951: Willie Mays plays his first major league game 1961: JFK announces goal of man on the moon by the end of the decade 1962: Isley Brothers release "Twist and Shout" 1965: Ali knocks out Sonny Liston 1968: Gateway Arch dedicated 1977: "Star Wars" released 2001: Eric Welhenmayer is the first blind person to summit Everest 2011: Last "Oprah Winfrey Show" 2017: "Wonder Woman" premiers Born: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bill Robinson [Mr. Bojangles], Igor Sikorsky [helicopter], Lindsey Nelson, Robert Ludlum ["Bourne Identity"], Beverly Sills, Tom T Hall, Dixie Carter, Mike Myers, Anne Hec...

 1738: John Wesley has Aldersgate experience 1844; Samuel Morse types, "What hath God wrought?" First telegraph message. 1935: First major league night baseball game--Reds and Phillies in Cincinnati 1941: HMS Hood sinks the Bismarck 1978: Term "the glass ceiling" coined by Marilyn Loden 1988: Parliament passes law prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality--repealed in 2004 Born: Daniel Fahrenheit, Queen Victoria, Bob Dylan, Rosanne Cash, John C. Reilly Died: Copernicus, John Foster Douglas, Duke Ellington Thought: Yesterday, David advised us that we should wait patiently on the Lord, trusting His timing and plan. Today, I am reading the first 3 verses of Psalm 40.  Here David describes what happens when we wait patiently on the Lord.  He hears our cries [40:1]. That truth alone should make us shout with joy. The Creator, the God of heaven, the Lord of lords hears our cries. He is not far off. He is not deaf. He hears us. Think about trying to get the ear of a power...

 1785: Ben Franklin announces creation of bifocals 1873: First Preakness 1949: Federal Republic of Germany  1980: "The Shining" released Born: Linnaeus [father of Taxonomy], Ambrose Burnside [sideburns], Douglas Fairbanks,  Died: William Kidd [pirate], Henrik Ibsen, Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow, John D. Rockefeller,  Thought: Pondering Psalm 37:1-11. I really need to read this passage often. Look at the instructions this passage contains: Don't fret about evildoers and do not envy wrongdoers. [37:1] How should I look at the wealth and riches of those that seem to do evil? David tells us not to fret or envy. Have you ever studied the word "fret"? I usually think of fretting as being worried or anxious about something. Questioning why something is happening. And that is one of the meanings of fret; however, another meaning is eat or gnaw into, rub, chafe. So when I see people seeming to prosper by doing evil, does it make me anxious or make me question why God is a...

 334 BC: Alexander the Great leads Macedonian army in victory over Darius III of Persia 1570: First world atlas published by Abraham Ortelius in Antwerp 1843: First wagon train departs Independence MO for Oregon  1939: Hitler and Mussolini sign Pact of Steel forming the Rome-Berlin Axis 1992: First appearance of Johnny Carson as host of the "Tonight Show" 2003: Annika Sorenstam is first woman to play the PGA Tour in 58 years. 2004: Hallam NE destroyed by tornado 2.5 miles wide Born: Richard Wagner, Arthur Conan Doyle, Lawrence Olivier, Ted Kaczynski, Novak Dokovic,  Died: Constantine the Great, Martha Washington, Victor Hugo, Langston Hughes Thought: Reading Psalm 33:6-12 today.  This psalm does not indicate who wrote it. The first 5 verses instruct us to praise God--praise Him with thanksgiving, praise Him with song and instrument, praise Him joyfully. My habit is to get up each morning and remind myself--This is the day the Lord has made, I will rejoice and be glad...

  1819: First bicycles in the US introduced in NYC 1832: First Democratic National Convention 1881: Clara Barton founds American Red Cross; U.S. Lawn Tennis Association established 1917: Great Atlanta Fire--10,000 displaced but only 1 killed 1924: Leopold and Loeb kidnap and kill Bobby Franks 1927: Lindbergh lands in France 1980: "The Empire Strikes Back" premiers 1990: Last episode of "Newhart" Born: Fats Waller, Jeffrey Dahmer, Mr. T Died: Hernando DeSoto, John Gielgud [Hobson in the real "Arthur" and winner of Tony, Oscar, Grammy and Emmy] Thought: Reading the first 5 verses of Psalm 32 this morning. Just read that first verse. How blessed is the person whose sin is covered! Praise God! Easter usually causes us to focus on this truth, but I should get up every morning praising the name of Jesus who covered my sin with His blood.  Think for a moment what it means if my sin is not covered, not forgiven. I stand guilty before God. And the wages of sin is d...

  325: First Council of Nicaea 1310: First shoes made for left and right feet 1609: Shakespeare's sonnets first published 1873: Levi Strauss patents first jeans with copper rivets 1916: Codell Kansas hit by a tornado. Happens again on the same day in 1917 and 1918 1927: Lindbergh begins his flight across the Atlantic 1961: Mob attacks Freedom Riders in Montgomery 1978: Affirmed wins the Preakness on the way to the Triple Crown 1980: 710 families evacuated from the Love Canal Area 1990: First Hubble telescope pictures 2013: Church of Scotland allows openly gay men and women to be ministers Born: John Stuart Mill, Emile Berliner [invented phonograph record], Jimmy Stewart, Bill Hewlett, Moshe Dayan, Joe Cocker, Bietrich Mateschitz [created Red Bull], Cher, Tony Stewart Died: Christopher Columbus, Marquis de Lafayette, Walter Winchell, Gilda Radner, Robin Gibb, Billy Cannon Thought: Reading a few verses from Psalm 30 today. Verse 5 speaks to me this morning: "His anger is but for...

332: Constantine institutes free daily bread rations in Constantinople  1804: Napoleon declared emperor by French Senate 1974: India is sixth country to explode an atomic bomb 1980: Mt. Saint Helens erupts--57 killed Born: Frank Capra, Fred Perry, John Paul II, Brooks Robinson, Reggie Jackson Died: Gustav Mahler, Ernie Davis, Jeannette Rankin, Elizabeth Montgomery, Jim Brown Thought: Looking at one verse this morning--Psalm 29:9--"in His temple, everything says, 'glory.'" If we read back through 29:3-9, David writes about the voice of the Lord. Take a look at these verses. David says the voice of the Lord does some amazing things. Notice the picture of thunder and lightening: His voice speaks in power [29:4] His voice is majestic [29:4] His voice breaks down even the strongest enemies--Lebanon. Like lightening and wind snapping large trees, His voice breaks the power of the enemies on earth and the power of sin. [29:5] His voice causes joy, give hope, calls for celebr...

  1620: First Merry Go Round seen at fair in Turkey 1792: New York Stock Exchange formed at 70 Wall Street 1875: First Kentucky Derby 1900: Frank Baum publishes "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" 1904: Ravel's "Sheherazade" premiers 1939: First televised baseball game--Princeton v. Columbia 1946: President Truman takes control of the railroads 1954: Supreme Court decides Brown v. Board of Education 1973: Senate Watergate hearings begin 1990: World Health Organization removes homosexuality from list of mental illnesses 1992: Betsy King wins her 5th Major 1993: Intel Pentium processor unveiled 2009: "Minecraft" released 2018: Michigan State agrees to pay $500 million for Larry Nassar sex abuse Born: Edward Jenner, Horace Dodge, Cool Papa Bell, Maureen O'Sullivan [Jane in Tarzan movies], Dennis hopper, Bill Paxton, Bob Saget, Sugar Ray Leonard, Jim Nantz, Enya, Matt Ryan Died: Botticelli, John Jay, John Deere, Bobby Ewing [on "Dallas"], Donna Summ...

 1868: Senate fails to impeach Andrew Johnson by one vote 1929: First Oscars--"Wings" wins Best Picture 1943: Royal Air Force begins Dambuster Raid using bouncing bombs 1960: First optical laser operated at Malibu California 1985: Michael Jordan wins NBA Rookie of the Year 1986: "Top Gun" premiers 2013: First successful cloning of human stem cells Born: Liberace, Billy Martin, Janet Jackson, Gabriela Sabatini, Megan Fox Died: Margaret Hamilton [Wicked Witch of the West], Jim Henson, Sammy Davis Jr., I.M. Pei A couple of year ago on May 17, I wrote about a Wall Street Journal article from May 16 containing amazing new information: During times of crisis, more people pray. Scientist have determined that prayer calms nerves, shuts down the fight or flight reflex. Scientists say that prayer makes people less reactive to negative emotions and less angry. Psychologists report that prayer allows people to move their burdens to someone else. Studies show that meditation is ...

 1718: First machine gun patented 1862: Department of Agriculture created 1869: Susan B Anthony and Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association 1897: First LGBT rights organization formed in Berlin 1905: Las Vegas founded 1918: Walter Johnson pitches an 18 inning game winning 1-0 1928: Mickey Mouse makes his first appearance in "Plane Crazy" [silent] 1930: Ellen Church is the first flight attendant--United from San Francisco to Cheyenne 1940: First McDonald's opens in San Bernadino 1941: Joe DiMaggio begins his 56 game hitting streak 1944: 14,000 Hungarian Jews transferred to Auschwitz 1972: Assassination attempt on George Wallace 2008: California becomes second state to legalize same-sex marriage Born: Frank Baum, Pierre Curie, James Mason, Eddy Arnold, Ken Venturi, Madeleine Albright, George Brett, Dan Patrick, Emmitt Smith, Andy Murray Died: Emily Dickinson, Edward Flanagan [Boys Town], Francis Schaefer, June Carter Cash, Jerry Falwell Thought: Reading th...

 1796: Edward Jenner gives first smallpox shot  1804: Lewis & Clark leave St. Louis 1853: Gail Borden patents process for condensed milk 1878: Vaseline is patented 1938: "Robin Hood" released with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland 1942: Women's Army Auxiliary Corps formed [WAAC} 1948: Israel declares independence and Harry Truman recognizes the new nation 1949: President Truman signs law creating a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral 1973: Skylab launched 1988: Drunk driver hits church bus carrying youth group in Carrollton KY-27 die 1998: Final "Seinfeld" episode 2018: Supreme Court strikes down federal law banning sports gambling in most states Born: Thomas Gainsborough, Bobby Darin, George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, Suzy Kolber, Cate Blanchett, Mark Zuckerberg Died: Louis XIII, Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, BB King Thought: Still reading in Psalm 18 this morning, now focused on verses 30-36 which are a continuation of the thoughts in verses 1-3 that we con...

  1607: Jamestown colonist attend first prayer service in Virginia 1767: Mozart's first opera premiers in Salzburg--written at age 11 1828: Evangelist David Marks asks the audience what he should preach on. Someone shouts "nothing." He preaches on the fact that without Jesus we are nothing and have nothing. 1865: Last battle of War Between the States 1913: First 4-engine plane built and flown 1916: Lafayette Escadrille sees 1st combat at Verdun 1940: Churchill's first speech as Prime Minister--"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." Made me think of Jesus' first appearance in the synagogue--"The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He appointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are downtrodden, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord." Jesus makes all the difference.  1958: "Velcro" trademark registe...

 1752: First fire insurance policy issued in the U.S. 1816: American Bible Society forms 1910: Glacier National Park formed 1926: First long chat between C.S. Lewis and JRR Tolkien. Lewis converted 5 years later 1947: Goodrich announces development of the tubeless tire 1949: Israel becomes a member of the UN 1953: Tornado kills 114 in Waco 1960: Adolph Eichmann captured in Buenos Aires 1969: Monty Python forms 1987: First heart-lung transplant Born: Irving Berlin, Martha Graham, Salvador Dali, Phil Silvers, Mort Sahl, Louis Farrakhan, Cam Newton Died: John D Rockefeller Jr., Bob Marley, Douglas Adams ["Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"], Floyd Patterson, Dottie Rambo, Jerry Stiller Thought: Reading Psalm 15 this morning. David asks a question and then answers it. The question--"O Lord, who may abide in Thy tent? Who may dwell on Thy holy hill?" Lord, who is it that is welcome in Your dwelling place? Then David answers: The one who Walks with integrity. Integrity...

 1267: Vienna's church orders Jews to wear special garb 1427: Jews expelled from Bern Switzerland 1503: Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands 1508: Michelangelo begins painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling 1775: Green Mountain Boys capture Ticonderoga 1797: First US Navy ship launched--"United States" 1865: Jefferson Davis captured 1869: Golden Spike driven at Promontory Point Utah 1872: Victoria Woodall is first woman nominated for President 1908: First Mother's Day observed--Philadelphia 1924: Hoover appointed head of the FBI 1940: Churchill becomes Prime Minister 1960: First submerged circumnavigation of the globe--Triton sun 1994: Nelson Mandela becomes President of South Africa 2016: 70 year-old woman gives birth to a baby--India 2020: Global Covid cases exceed 4 million Born: John Wilkes Booth, Feed Astaire, David O Selznick ["Gone with the Wind"], Maybelle Carter, Pat Summerall, Bono, Missy Franklin, Gosselin Sextuplets,  Died: Paul Revere, Stonewall Ja...

 1865: Commonly accepted end to the War Between the States when Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation declaring armed resistance ended 1914: Woodrow Wilson proclaims "Mother's Day" 1941: British break Enigma Code 1958: "Vertigo" released 2001: 129 soccer fans die in stampeded in Accra 2012: Mark Rothko's "Orange, Red, Yellow" sells for $86.9 million --most expensive contemporary art piece Born: John Brown, Harry Vardon, Henry Kaiser, Albert Finney, Billy Joel Died: Tanzing Norgay, Little Richard Katherine Hankey died on this day in 1911: She wrote "I Love to Tell the Story" and Tell Me the Old Old Story." She wrote the poem that is the basis for these tunes while in bed for a year suffering with illness. A portion of the 100 stanza poem [a portion called "The Story Wanted" and a part called "The Story Told"] was read in 1867 at the International Convention of the YMCA. William Doane heard the reading and wrote musi...

 1541 Hernando DeSoto discovers the Mississippi River 1792: George Vancouver sights and names Mt. Rainier 1835: Publication of first installment of "Fairy Tales" by Hans Christian Andersen 1877: First Westminster Dog Show 1886: Jacob's Pharmacy sells 1st Coca Cola 1902: Mt. Pele erupts on Martinique killing 30,000, 2 survivors 1912: Paramount Pictures founded 1973: Indians holding Wounded Knee surrender 1980: WHO announces smallpox eradicated 2018" President Trump pulls out of Iran nuclear deal 2019: Georgia Governor signs baby heartbeat abortion law. 2020: Two White house staffers test positive for Covid Born: Edward Gibbon ["Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire"], Harry Truman, Francis Quimet [US Open], David Attenborough, Don Rickles, Peter Benchley, Ricky Nelson, Toni Tennille, Stephen Furst [Flounder in "Animal House"], Bill Cowher, Ronnie Lott, Melissa Gilbert, Chris Sanders [Titans] Died: Kamehameha, John Stuart Mill, Gustave Flaubert, Paul Ga...

 1429: Joan of Arc breaks the siege of Orleans 1824: Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premiers in Vienna 1867: Alfred Nobel patents dynamite 1912: Columbia University approves plans for awarding Pulitzer Prize in several categories 1915: Lusitania sunk by German sub, 1198 die 1945: Germany signs unconditional surrender 1952: Geoffrey Dummer publishes concept of the integrated circuit Born: Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Edwin Land [Polaroid],  Died: Antonio Salieri, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Seve Ballesteros, H.H. Holmes [America's first serial killer], Craig Wood [Masters and U.S. Open in 1941] Thought: Yesterday, we were thinking about the blessings of walking, standing and sitting in the right place with the right people for the right reason. Yesterday, the instructions were in the negative--don't listen to the counsel of the wicked, stand with sinners, sit with scoffers. Today, we are given the positive directions in Psalm 1:2. Rather than walk in the counsel of the wicked, delight in Go...

 1541: Henry VIII orders that a Bible in English be placed in every church-previously in Latin 1794: Haiti revolts against France 1837: John Deere creates the first steel plough 1851: Linus Yale patents the Yale lock 1861: Tennessee and Arkansas secede from the Union 1889: Paris World's Fair opens with Eiffel Tower as entrance arch 1915: Babe Ruth hits his first mjor league home run while pitching 12 innings 1937: Hindenburg disaster--"Oh, the humanity." 1940: Steinbeck wins Pulitzer for "The Grapes of Wrath." 1941: Bob Hope's first USO Show 1954: Roger Bannister runs first sub 4 minute mile 1957: Last broadcast of "I Love Lucy" on CBS 1994: Channel Tunnel opens 2002: Elon Musk founds Space X 2004: Finale of "Friends" 2020: Irish organizations sends $2 million to Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation, remembering $170 sent to Ireland by the Choctaw Nation during the potato famine Born: Robespierre, Robert Peary, Sigmund Freud, Amadeo Giannin...

 1521: Martin Luther taken into protective custody by Frederick the Wise. 1780: American Academy of Arts and Sciences founded 1856: Mount Vernon church reluctantly accepts Dwight L Moody into membership. He had been rejected once because he was completely ignorant of the Christian faith. 1878: Edison's phonograph shown for the 1st time 1904: Construction of the Panama Canal begins 1942: Battle of the Coral Sea begins 1953: Hemingway wins Pulitzer for "The Old Man and the Sea" 1959: First Grammy awards--Ella Fitzgerald and Perry Como 1970: National Guard kills 4 at Kent State 1979: Margaret Thatcher becomes first female Prime Minister 2007: Greensburg Kansas destroyed by F5 tornado. 2020: World leaders pledge $8 billion to research treatment and vaccine for Covid Born: Horace Mann [pioneered public schools], Betsy Rawls, Audrey Hepburn, George Will, Randy Travis, Dawn Staley Died: W Robertson Nicoll [editor of the 50 volume "Expositor's Bible"], Moe Howard, D...

  1802: Washington D.C. incorporated 1901: Fire destroys 1700 buildings in Jacksonville FL 1915: John McCrae writes "In Flanders Fields."  1921: First state sales tax--West Virginia 1936: Joe DiMaggio makes major league debut--3 hits 1937: Margaret Mitchell wins Pulitzer for "Gone with the Wind" 1941: Whirlaway wins Kentucky Derby on the way to the Triple Crown 1948: First broadcast of CBS Evening News--longest running show 1963: Fire hoses turned on children's march against segregation--Birmingham 1971: NPR begins boradcasting 1999: F5 tornado hits Oklahoma City killing 42 Born: Machiavelli, Francoise Coty [perfume], William Whiting [wrote original words to Navy Hymn], Golda Meir, Bing Crosby, Mary Astor, Pete Seeger, Sugar Ray Robinson, James Brown, Greg Gumbel, Brooks Koepka,  Died: Earl Woods, Wally Schirra The Navy Hymn, "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" was the favorite hymn of FDR, sung at his funeral. It was played as JFK's body was brought ...

1936: "Peter and the Wolf" premiers in Moscow  1945: Battle of Berlin ends 1949:Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer for "Death of a Salesman" 2008: "Iron Man" released 2011: Osama bin Laden killed by Special Forces Born: The Red Baron, Dwayne Johnson, David Beckham Died: Leonardo da Vinci, Joseph McCarthy, J Edgar Hoover,  Thought: Proverbs 12 and 13 begin with similar thoughts: 12:1--Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid. 13:1--A wise son accepts his father's discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. 3:12-- For whom the Lord loves He reproves, even as a father, the son in whom he delights. Think about these proverbs with me today.  I should love discipline. Why? Because it shows me God loves me. God cares about what I am doing and who I am becoming. He wants me to look like Him. Discipline is one of the ways in which the Father teaches me His ways--through discipline I learn and understand what He loves, value...

 1707: Acts of Union become effective creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain [England and Scotland] 1753: Linnaeus publishes  "Species Plantarum" formally starting plant taxonomy 1776: Illuminati founded 1840: The "Penny Black" issued, first adhesive postage stamp 1867: Howard University chartered 1920: Babe Ruth's first home run as a Yankee 1931: Empire State Building opens 1939: Batman first appears--Detective Comics #27 1939: "Back to the Bible" broadcast begin from Lincoln Nebraska 1941: "Citizen Caine" premiers 1941: CheeriOats introduced [changed to Cheerios in 1945] 1948: Citation wins Kentucky Derby 1952: Mr. Potato Head introduced 1960: Francis Gary Powers shot down by Soviets 1961: Harper Lee wins Pulitzer for "To Kill a Mockingbird" 1982: Knoxville World's Fair opens 1991: Ricky Henderson steals record 939th base and Nolan Ryan pitches his 7th no-hitter 1999: SpongeBob SquarePants premiers 2020: Protesters again...