Monday, March 9, 2020

Today in History - March 9

1765 - After a campaign by the writer Voltaire, judges in Paris posthumously exonerate Jean Calas of murdering his son. Calas had been tortured and executed in 1762 on the charge, though his son may have actually committed suicide (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Horrifying & Terrifying Death Bed Scenes Of Atheists; Apostates and Reprobates (1 of 3), by David Clark
Horrifying & Terrifying Death Bed Scenes Of Atheists; Apostates and Reprobates (2 of 3), by David Clark
Horrifying & Terrifying Death Bed Scenes Of Atheists; Apostates and Reprobates (3 of 3), by David Clark

Recommended poem for those who hate our Lord Jesus:

Invictus, by William Ernest Henley

Recommended poem for those who love our Lord Jesus:

My Captain! by Dorothea Day

1841 -  The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally (Source


1954 - McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the SEE It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly (Source


1969 - Kimberly Guilfoyle, American lawyer and journalist is born (Source

Recommended video:

How I Found Christ?

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