48 BC - Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
Church History: The Intertestamental Period, by Andrew Webb
Intertestamental Period 1: Medeo-Persia and Greece Under Alexander, by Pastor David McManus [Text: Daniel 2;7;8]
Intertestamental Period 2: Alexander's Empire Divided, Israel Abused, by Pastor David McManus [Text: Daniel 8;11]
Intertestamental Period 3: The Maccabean Revolt and the Rise of the Hasmoneans, by Pastor David McManus [Text: Daniel 11]
Intertestamental Period 4: Early Roman Rule and Herod The Great, by Pastor David McManus [Text: Daniel 7:7]
Intertestamental Period 5: Herods and Emperors and Rebellions, Oh My! by Pastor David McManus
1814 - Indian Wars: The Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up hugh parts of Alabama and Georgia (Source)
1877 - Indian Wars; Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Perce Indians clash with the United States Army (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
America's Sins Against the Indians, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
The Truth About Cortez and Columbus (The Systematic Destruction of America), by Pastor Kent Black
Why Americans Don't Like the Pilgrims Anymore - Thankful for the Pilgrims, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
1945 - World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200-28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
1969 - Manson Family murders - Followers of Charles Manson murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
The Confession of a Mass Murderer - Charles Manson Vs. Charles Tex Watson, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Charles Manson Has Gone to the Final Judgment, by Adam McManus (Worldview in Five Minutes)
1999 - Russian President Boris Yelsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fouth time fires his entire cabinet (Source)
Recommended sermons and podcasts:
The Threat of Communist China, by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America
Recommended reading:
The Deadly Double Standards of Communism vs. Fascism - townhall.com