Monday, March 2, 2020

Today in History - March 3

1873 - Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any "obscene literature and articles of immoral use" through the mail (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Man Who Stood in the Gap - Anthony Comstock, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

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1923 - Time Magazine is published for the first time (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Happy Easter From Obama and Time Magazine, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2011)
The Rise of Citizen Journalism, by Pastor Kevin Boling

Recommended reading:


1939 - In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Why Christ Excels Muhammad, Gandhi, and Darwin, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

1951 - Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Philip's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee (Source)

How I Found Christ?

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