Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Today in History - August 21

1918 - World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme Begins  (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Letters From the Somme, by Rev. Ron Johnstone
The Battle of the Somme, by Rev. Thomas Martin [Text: John 15:13]
Spiritual Lesson From the Battle of the Somme, by Dr. Ian Brown] [Text: 2 Corinthians 2:11]

1945 - Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Einstein Was Wrong - Absolutely! by Dr. Alan Cairns
The Relevance of Physics, Cosmology,  & Astronomy for Young Earth Creation, by Keith Wanser

1968 - Cold War: Nicolae Ceausescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemn the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Societ reprisals (Source)


1991 - Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses (Source)

Recommended video & podcast:

How I Found Christ?

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