Archive for June, 2009
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
US Troops Wait out Honduras Upheaval
June 30, 2009
Associated Press
MIAMI — Coup opponents clashed with the Honduran military in Tegucigalpa where the U.S. Embassy instructed Americans to stay off the streets, but the U.S. Southern Command reported it was business as usual Monday for hundreds of U.S. troops at two sites in Honduras.
No American forces were called back from the Soto […]
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
On This Day
296 St Marcellinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1294 Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
1607 Annales Ecclesiastici (Scientific History of Catholicism) published
1629 The settlers of Salem, Mass. appointed Samuel Skelton as their pastor, by ballot. Their church covenant, afterward composed by Skelton, established Salem as the first non-separating congregational Puritan Church in New […]
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
Today in Anchorage
Tonight: Chance of a shower or two during the evening, followed by partly cloudy skies overnight. Low 51F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
Tomorrow: A few clouds from time to time. High 67F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow night: Mostly clear skies. Low 52F. Winds SSW at 5 […]
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
St. Hemma, widow, 1045
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
Emma, widow
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
Saint Mary
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
Saint Salome and Judith
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
Saint Cassius of Narni
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
On This Day
1757 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: ‘Whatever we may undertake with a sincere desire to promote His glory, we may comfortably pursue. Nothing is trivial that is done for Him.’
1810 In Bradford, Massachusetts, the first U.S. missionary society was organized: the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
1875 […]
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Monday, June 29th, 2009
PETER AND PAUL
PETER AND PAUL
APOSTLES AND MARTYRS (29 JUN 64)
The Confession of Peter (“Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God”) is commemorated on 18 January, and the Conversion of Paul (on the approach to Damascus) a week later on 25 January. On 29 June we commemorate the martyrdoms of both apostles. The date is […]