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Padre Hidalgo Faces a Firing Squad: July 30, 1811
This text comes from our book, All Ye Lands. As the priest for the little village of Dolores in the Guanajuato region, Padre Miguel...
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Jul 29, 20242 min read
Prime Minister David Lloyd George Gives a Speech That Germany Perceives as a Threat of War: July 21, 1911
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. For several years after the Algeciras conference, Morocco caused little...
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Jul 22, 20244 min read
An Atomic Bomb Explodes at Los Alamos in the First Successful Test: July 16, 1945
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. It was morning, August 6, 1945. Colonel Paul W. Tibbets of the United States...
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Jul 15, 20244 min read
Marie Charlotte de Corday Assassinates Jean-Paul Marat in the Bath: July 13, 1793
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. [Georges Danton’s] attempts to bridge the split between the Girondins and...
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Jul 8, 20244 min read
John Hancock Signs the Declaration of Independence: July 4, 1776
This text comes from our book, The American Venture. It took some time to convince people in the English colonies to seek independence...
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Jul 1, 20244 min read
Pope Pius IX Issues “Aeterni Patris”: June 29, 1868
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. The return of the French army to Rome meant that Pope Pius IX could hold the...
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Jun 24, 20243 min read
Colonel Prescott Prepares for the Battle of Bunker Hill: June 16, 1775
This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. The members of the Massachusetts assembly rejoiced when they heard the news of...
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Jun 17, 20244 min read
Voltaire Flees Paris When His Work Is Condemned: June 10, 1734
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. In the Paris salon of the Duchess of Maine, François-Marie Arouet began the...
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Jun 10, 20243 min read
The Crusaders Lay Siege to Jerusalem: June 7, 1099
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. Meanwhile, a more organized force was gathering for the long march to the...
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Jun 3, 20243 min read
Joan of Arc Is Burned at the Stake: May 30, 1430
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. Three years before the English victory at Agincourt, an obscure maiden was...
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May 27, 20245 min read
Hernando de Soto Discovers the Mississippi River: May 21, 1541
This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. Many leagues south of Mexico, in the tall and cold Andes Mountains, there reigned...
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May 20, 20244 min read
Pope Leo XIII Issues the Encyclical “Rerum Novarum”: May 15, 1891
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. During his 25 years as pope, Leo XIII addressed many encyclicals to the...
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May 13, 20243 min read
The “Hunters of the Alps” Engage the Austrians at Casale: May 8, 1859
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. Winning this war seemed simple to the Austrians, for their army far...
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May 6, 20244 min read
The World’s Fair Opens in Chicago: May 1, 1893
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise. Henry Adams, great-grandson of President John Adams, stood in awe of all he saw...
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Apr 29, 20243 min read
Two Masters of Realistic Storytelling Pass Away: April 23, 1616
This text comes from our book, All Ye Lands. Just as in the Renaissance, painters and sculptors tried to depict the world around them in...
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Apr 22, 20244 min read
Pope Julius II Lays the Cornerstone for the New St. Peter’s Basilica: April 18, 1506
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I. On April 18, 1506, Pope Julius II laid the cornerstone for a new basilica...
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Apr 15, 20244 min read
La Salle Claims Land He Names “Louisiana”: April 9, 1682
This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. There were many differences between Louis Joliet and René de La Salle...
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Apr 8, 20244 min read
Emperor Karl I Dies Gazing on a Crucifix: April 1, 1922
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. It was a cold day in late October 1921 when a small airplane from...
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Apr 1, 20244 min read
The Treaty of Rome Is Signed, Forming the European Economic Community: March 25, 1957
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part 2. As we have seen, the late 1940s and the decade of the 1950s were periods of...
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Mar 25, 20243 min read
St. Joseph Answers Fray Junípero’s Prayers for Supplies: March 19, 1769
This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea. Day after day, for nine days, the small man in a gray habit climbed to the summit...
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Mar 18, 20243 min read
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