Today in History - April 3

801 - King Louis the Pious captures Barcelona from the Moors after a siege of several months (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Rise and Spread of Islam, by Matt Marino

1865 - American Civil War: Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America (Source)

Recommended video:

Recommended reading:

The Story Behind the Song: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Civil War Story, by BJU Students and Faculty
The Civil War of the Soul, by Dr. Brian DeVries
Would George Washington Have Seceded With Robert E. Lee? by Historian Bill Potter

1888 - The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs (Source)

Recommended reading:

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Witches, Vampires, Serial Killers, Death - Standard Reading Fare for 10 Year Olds, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

1922 - Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Failure of Atheism and the Triumph of Faith in Russia, by Dr. Peter Hammond

Recommended video:

The Complete History of the Soviet Union Set to the Music of Tetris

1946 - Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March (Source)

Recommended reading:

1948 - Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $5 billion in aid for 16 countries (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

A Man With a Strategy: The Marshall Plan, by Rev. Allen Harris [Text: Nehemiah 1 & 2]

2010 - Apple Inc. released the first generation iPad, a tablet computer (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Trillion Dollar Left Wing Companies - Apple, et al - The Kings of the Earth Take on God, by Pastor Kevin Swanson