I was surprised to see so many familiar events listed in The Christian Almanac as occurring today, August 24.
1456 - First printing of Gutenberg Bible completed
1524 - Peasant's Revolt in Germany - Peasants lose and have far worse conditions
1572 - Catherine de Medici has Huguenot leader, Coligny, assassinated.
St. Bartholomew's Day follows with the slaughter of an estimated
100,000 Huguenots (French Presbyterians).
1682 - William Penn acquires three counties, later becoming Delaware
1759 - Englishman William Wilberforce is born. Wilberforce
becomes a Christian in 1784 and works for social reform, eventually
becoming a chief spokesman against slavery.
1814 - British set fire to U. S. Capitol and White House
1847 - Charlotte Bronte dispatches Jane Eyre to a publishing house under the pseudonym of Currer Bell
1869 - Cornelius Swartwout received U. S. patent for waffle iron
1932 - Amelia Earhart is first woman to fly nonstop across the United
States, from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey in just over 19 hours.
1965 - Communist Control Act went into effect, virtually outlawing the Communist Party in the U. S.
Pretty interesting!
Kerry
Teaching History
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