Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Today in History - November 20

1194 - Palermo is conquered by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (Source)

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1789 - New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

American Heritage: The Bill of Rights, by Dr. Peter A. Lillback

1820 - An 80 ton sperm whale attacks and sinks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 2,000 miles from the western coast of South America (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby Dick is in part inspired by this story) (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Minnesota Twins and Moby Dick, by Pastor Kevin Boling (2011)

How I Found Christ?

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