BIBLE VERSE
On This Day in:
1394 – In France, Charles VI published an ordinance that expelled all Jews from France.
1778 – The United States signed its first treaty with a Native American tribe, the Delaware Nation.
1787 – The Constitution of the United States of America was signed by delegates at the Constitutional Convention.
1796 – U.S. President George Washington's Farewell Address was read before the U.S. Congress.
1862 – The Battle of Antietam took place during the American Civil War. More than 23,000 men were killed, wounded, or missing. The Rebel advance was ended with heavy losses to both armies.
1872 – Phillip W. Pratt patented a version of the sprinkler system.
1911 – The first transcontinental airplane flight started. It took C.P.
Rogers 82 hours to fly from New York City to Pasadena, CA.
1920 – The American Professional Football Association was formed in Canton, OH. It was the precursor to the National Football League (NFL).
1930 – Construction on Boulder Dam, later renamed Hoover Dam, began in Black Canyon, near Las Vegas, NV.
1932 – Sir Malcolm Campbell set a speed record when he reached
276.27 mph over a half mile.
1937 – At Mount Rushmore, Abraham Lincoln's face was dedicated.
1939 – The Soviet Union invaded Poland. Germany had invaded Poland on September 1.
1944 – Operation 'Market Garden' was launched by Allied paratroopers during World War II. The landing point was behind German lines in the Netherlands.
1947 – The first U.S. Secretary of Defense, James V. Forrestal, was sworn in to office.
1953 – Ernie Banks became the first black baseball player to wear a Chicago Cubs uniform. He retired in 1971 known as 'Mr. Cub'.
1953 – The Ochsner Foundation Hospital in New Orleans, LA, successfully separated Siamese twins. Carolyn Anne and Catherine Anne Mouton were connected at the waist when born.
1955 – 'The Perry Como Show' moved to Saturday nights on NBC-TV.
1961 – The Minnesota Vikings were debuted as the new National Football League (NFL) team.
1962 – U.S. space officials announced the selection of Neil A.
Armstrong and eight others as new astronauts.
1963 – 'The Fugitive' premiered on ABC-TV. The show starred David Janssen.
1966 – 'Mission Impossible' premiered on CBS-TV.
1972 – 'M*A*S*H' premiered on CBS-TV.
1976 – NASA unveiled the space shuttle Enterprise in Palmdale, CA.
1983 – Vanessa Williams, as Miss New York, became the first black woman to be crowned Miss America.
1983 – Johnny Bench (Cincinnati Reds) retired after 16 years as a catcher.
1983 – Carl Yastrzemski (Boston Red Sox) broke Hank Aaron's major league record for games played when he started his 3,299th game. (MLB)
1984 – 9,706 immigrants became naturalized citizens when they were sworn in by U.S. Vice-President George Bush in Miami, FL.
It was the largest group to become U.S. citizens.
“Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace.”
— 1 Peter 4:8-10 (ESV)
