Thought for Today

 History: 1646: Roger Scott tried for sleeping in church 1749: First edition of "Tom Jones" published 1784: John Wesley charters the Methodist Church 1827: First commercial railroad in US chartered--B&O 1854: Republican Party formally organized in Ripon Wisconsin 1933: First female member of the Cabinet--Frances Perkins Secretary of Labor 1953: Francis Crick and James Watson discover the structure of DNA 1983: Final episode of MASH 1988: British TV program "That's Life" honors Nicholas Winton and he is surprised when the audience is filled with children he saved from German occupied Czechoslovakia. You can view this on You Tube. One of the great stories of what one person can do.  Born: Linus Pauling, Frank Gehry, Mario Andretti, Zero Mostel, Gavin MacLeod ["Love Boat"],  Bubba Smith, Jason Aldean,  Died: Paul Harvey, Mr. Ed, the talking horse, Jane Russell,  Thought: I have underlined Matthew 3:8--"Therefore bring forth fruit in keeping with ...

 History: 1670: Jews expelled from Austria 1693: First women's magazine--Ladies Mercury of London 1813: First federal vaccination legislation 1814: Beethoven's Eighth Symphony premiers 1827: First Mardi Gras in New Orleans 1872: Charlotte Ray is the first African American layer in the US 1879: Saccharin discovered 1940: Carbon 14 discovered--radiocarbon dating 1951: 22nd Amendment ratified--President limited to two terms 1974: First issue of People Magazine 1981: Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder record "Ebony and Ivory" 1996: First Pokemon appearance in a video game 2019: Captain Marvel premiers 2020: Dow has largest point loss in history--1,190.95 Born: Constantine, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Demarest ["My Three Sons"], Hugo Black, Gene Sarazen, John Steinbeck, Joan Bennett, John Connally, Joanne Woodward, Elizabeth Taylor, Raymond Berry, Ralph Nader, Tony Gonzalez, Josh Groban, Judi Adkisson, John Fielden, Timothy Zielisnki Died: Francis Marion, L...

  History: 1791: First Bank of the United States chartered 1793: First cabinet meeting at the home of George Washington 1799: Congress passes first federal quarantine legislation 1836: Samuel Colt patents first multi-shot revolver 1859: First use of the insanity plea 1901: JP Morgan organizes US Steel 1913: 13th Amendment becomes effective authorizing graduated income tax 1932: Adolph Hitler gains German citizenship after immigrating from Austria 1964: Ali wins his first heavyweight title beating Sonny Liston 1982: Final episode of the Lawrence Welk Show--still on TV 2020: Memorial service for Kobe Bryant Born: Renoir, Enrico Caruso, John Foster Dulles, Gert Frobe [Goldfinger], Jim Bakkus, Bobby Riggs, Sally Jessy Raphael, George Harrison, Lee Evans [raised fist at Mexico Olympics], James Brown [NFL Today] Died: Christopher Wren [architect], Elijah Muhammad [Nation of Islam], Tennessee Williams, C Everett Koop,  Thought: A last thought on Malachi this morning. I am thinking ab...

  History: 1582: Pope Gregory announces a new calendar 1803: Marbury v. Madison, first time a statute ruled unconstitutional 1868: First parade with floats--Mardi Gras in Mobile 1868: House votes to impeach Andrew Johnson 1909: Hudson Motor Car Company founded 1930: Harry Ironside called to pastor Moody Bible Church 1969: "Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" premiers 1981: Prince Charles announces his engagement to Diana Spencer 2008: Fidel Castro retires 2020: Scientist identify the first animal that does not require oxygen--a parasite living in salmon tissue Born: Wilhelm Grimm [Fairy Tales], Honus Wagner, Chester Nimitz, Abe Vigoda, John Vernon, Phil Knight, Joe Lieberman, Steve Jobs, Paula Zahn, Zach Johnson,  Died: Robert Fulton, Charles Monroe Sheldon [wrote "In His Steps" from which we got "What Would Jesus Do"], Malcom Forbes, George Gobel, Dinah Shore, Don Knotts, Dennis Weaver, Jan Berenstain, Harold Ramis Thought: Yesterday I was looking at Malachi 2:17 ...

 History: 1455: Johnannes Gutenberg prints his first Bible 1758: Jonathan Edwards receives a smallpox vaccination, contracts the disease and dies in March 1778: Baron Von Steuben joins the Continental Army at Valley Forge--training is instrumental in the success of Washington's army 1821: First US pharmacy college organized in Philadelphia 1836: Siege of the Alamo begins--falls March 6 1886: Times of London publishes the first classified ad 1896: Tootsie Roll introduced 1904: US buys control of the Panama Canal for $10 million 1940: "Pinocchio" released 1945: Flag raised by Marines on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima 1954: First mass inoculation with Salk polio vaccine 1967: 25th Amendment adopted--Presidential succession 1985: Bobby Knight throws a chair during a game 2020: First Covid outbreak in Europe [152 cases in Italy] Born: Samuel Pepys, George Frederic Handel, John Sutter [gold in California], W.E.B. Du Bois, Paul Tibbets [Enola Gay], Tom Osborne, Peter Fonda, Ed "To...

  History: 1349: Jews expelled from Zurich 1819: Adams-Onis Treaty cedes Florida to the US 1854: First meeting of the Republican Party 1876: Johns Hopkins University opens 1879: Frank W. Woolworth opens first 5&dime store--it fails 1893: First Iron Bowl--Auburn beats Alabama 1935: "The Little Colonel" premiers--first inter-racial dance in the movies--Shirley Temple and Bill Robinson on the stairs 1936: Sonja Henie wins her 10th straight world figure skating title 1959: First Daytona 500-- Lee Petty wins in a contested finish 1978: 2 propane tankers explode in Waverly Tennessee killing 15 1980: Miracle on Ice--Lake Placid Born: George Washington, Robert Baden-Powell [scouting], Edna St. Vincent Millay, Charlie Finley, Marni Nixon [dubbed the singing for Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady," Natalie Wood in "West Side Story," and Deborah Kerr in "The King and I"], Ted Kennedy, Sparky Anderson, Tommy Aaron, Oliver ["Jean" and "Good mo...

  History: 1173: Thomas Becket canonized  1431: First day of the trial of Joan of Arc 1613: Michael Romanov elected first Tsar of Russia of the House of Romanov 1804: First locomotive runs along the tramway in Wales 1848: Engels and Marx publish "The Communist Manifesto" in London 1866: Lucy Hobbs is first US woman to earn DDS degree 1878: World's first telephone directory--50 subscribers in New Harbor Connecticut 1885: Washington Monument dedicated 1916: Battle of Verdun begins--lasts 9 months and creates 1 million casualties 1931: Alka Seltzer introduced 1970: Jackson 5 first television appearance--American Bandstand 1972: Nixon is first US President to visit China 1980: Eric Heiden wins 4th of 5 Gold Medals at Lake Placid 1988: Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation 2003: "Real Time" with Bill Maher debuts Born: Hubert de Givenchy, Santa Ana, Erma Bombeck, Nina Simone, Alan Rickman, Jennifer Love Hewitt, John Lewis, Anthony Daniels [C-3PO], Tyn...