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Friday, June 25th, 2010
Today in Anchorage
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Friday, June 25th, 2010
Today In History
On this day… 0253 St Lucius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1115 St. Bernard founded a monastery in Clairvaux, France. It afterward became a strategic center for the Cistercians, a religious order that flourished up until the Reformation. 1178 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon 1243: Cardinal Sinibaldo Fieschi was elected […]
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Today in Anchorage
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Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Today In History
On this day… 1322 Jews are expelled from France 1509 Henry VIII crowned King of England 1519 Birth of Theodore Beza, French-born Swiss theological reformer. Beza became the acknowledged leader of the Swiss Calvinists, following John Calvin’s death in 1564. 1527 King Gustavus of Sweden assembled the Diet of Wester’s, for the purpose of carrying […]
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Today in Anchorage
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Yesterday and Today In History
Yesterday I had computer difficulties, so I’ll do both days today. On this day (22nd)… 0431 Council of Ephesus (3rd ecumenical council) opens 0816 Stephen IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1559 In England, Queen Elizabeth’s Prayer Book was issued. During her 45-year reign, Elizabeth I rejected the Catholic faith, adopting instead the Thirty-Nine […]
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Today In Anchorage
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Today In History
On this day… 1498 Jews are expelled from Nurenberg Bavaria by Emperor Maximillian 1607 1st Protestant Episcopal parish in America established, Jamestown 1633 Galileo Galilei is forced by Inquisition to “abjure, curse, & detest” his Copernican heliocentric views 1639 Birth of Increase Mather, early American theologian. He published nearly 100 books, and is credited with […]
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Sunday, June 20th, 2010
Today in Anchorage
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Sunday, June 20th, 2010
Today In History
On this day… 1529 Clement VII and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V signed the Peace of Barcelona, which ended attacks on Rome by the Lutheran armies. 1567 Jews are expelled from Brazil by order of regent Don Henrique 1599 The Synod of Diamper reunited a native church in India with Rome. Discovered in 1498 by […]