Thursday, July 11, 2019

Today in History - July 11

1801 - French astronomer,er Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years, he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Great Christ Comet, by Pastor Kevin Boling [Text: Matthew 2 (Audio)]


1804 - A Duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Aaron Burr, by BJU Students and Faculty
Deconstructing Alexander Hamilton and America - The Stage Play Hamilton, by Pastor Kevin Hamilton

1941 - The Northen Rhodesian labor Party holds its first congress in Nkana (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Armistice 100, Remembrance Day, and Rhodesia, by Peter Hammond

1977 - Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom (Source)

Recommended reading:

Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Bombshell the Media Refuses to Handle

How I Found Christ?

 How I Found Christ? by Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)