Today in History - October 31 & November 1

 October 31

1517 - Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Thesis on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg (Source) 

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Total Depravity, Part 1, by Rev. Paul den Butter

The German Reformer Martin Luther, by Dr. Ian R. K. Paisley (1926-2014) [Text: Romans 1:16,17]

The Most Influential Man of the Millennium - Martin Luther Tops Secular List, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

Martin Luther: The Monk Through Whom God Shook the World, by Dr. Alan Cairns [Text: Acts 26, Romans 1:17]

1968 - Vietnam War October  Surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of the "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1 (Source) 

Recommended:

Who [Not] to Vote for in 2020

November 1

1555 - French Huguenots establish the France Antarctique colony in present-day Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Source) 

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

When Christians Face the Worst Persecution - The Hammer of the Huguenots, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

The French Huguenots, by Peter Hammond

John Calvin and the Huguenots, by Peter Hammond

1688 - William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution (Source) 

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The Glorious Revolution: William and Mary, Part 1, by Joe Morecraft III

The Glorious Revolution: William and Mary, Part 2, by Joe Morecraft III

The following quote is from Spurgeon's Sermon Notes

"We are like William of Orange, with a few followers and an empty purse, making war against the master of half the world, with the mines of Peru for a treasury. But like William, too, when questioned concerning our resources, we can reply, 'Before we took up this cause we entered into a close alliance with the King of Kings.'" 

Recommended video:

The Orange and the Green, by The Irish Rovers

1973 - Watergate scandal: Leon Jaworski is appointed as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor (Source) 

The following quote is from the book,  Deep Truth: The Lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein:

"Whenever you run a clandestine operation, you run two things at the same time: you prepare the team for the hit, and you keep it so small there's nobody to spread it all around. And across the hall is a big staff working on what we call special plans. They're preparing the cover story. The cover story is what they want people to believe and to talk about, and to argue about." - From a 1992 speech by Col. Fletcher Prouty, former chief of special operations, Joint Chief of Staff

Note: Bob Woodward is either a great journalist or a career intelligence agent. Deep Truth makes the case for the latter!