Today in History - November 17

 Henry VIII of England concludes the Treaty of Westminster, a pledge of mutual aid against the French, with Ferdinand II of Aragon (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The English New Testament and the Court of Rome, by Matthew McMahon

While Henry VIII Reigned, by Rev. Malcolm Watts

Henry VIII and Puritanism, by Joe Morecraft III

Henry VIII, Persecutor, Edward VI, Reformer, by Joe Morecraft, III

The Biggest Change Since Henry VIII Took the Church from the Pope, by Dr. Alan Cairns

1603 - English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is put on trial for treason (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

The following is from Spurgeon's sermon notes on the Martyrdom of Sir Walter Raleigh for his Savior, our Lord Jesus:

"When Sir Walter Raleigh had laid his head upon the block, says an eloquent divine, he was asked by the executioner whether it lay aright. Whereupon, with the calmness of a hero and the faith of a Christian, he returned an answer, the power of which we shall all feel when our head is tossing and turning on death's uneasy pillow: 'It matters little, my friend, how the head lies providing the heart is right.'" from Steel as quoted in Spurgeon's Sermon Notes

1796 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole: French forces defeat the Austrians in Italy (Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

 French Revolution, by Dr. Peter Hammond

The French Revolution: Life, Liberty, Fraternity, or Death - Satanic Politics and God's Wrath Upon Nations That Turn Upon Him, by Francis Nigel Lee

1903 - The Russian Social Democratic labor party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority") Source)

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

Castro, Cuba, and Communism, by Dr. Peter Hammond

Recommended reading:

We Must Never Forget the 100 Million Victims Of Communism - dailysignal.com
The Deadly Double Standards of Communism vs. Fascism - townhall.com

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Recommended video:

The Complete History of the USSR Set to the Music of Tetris

1973 - Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors, "I am not a crook" (Source)

The most popular book on the Watergate scandal is All the President's Men, by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Here is a 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