Category Archives: Today in History
On January 8th
1867 – Emily Greene Balch, a leader of the women’s movement for peace during and after World War I and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, was born. 1902 – Carl R. Rogers, American psychologist, was born. The following is taken from Mcleod, S. A. (2007). Simply Psychology; Carl Rogers. Retrieved 8 January 2012, from http://www.simplypsychology.org/carl-rogers.html Carl Rogers (1902-1987) was a humanistic psychologist agreed [...]
On January 7th
1891 - Zora Neale Hurston, one of the pre-eminent writers of twentieth-century African-American literature and closely associated with the Harlem Renaissance, was born. A quote and a short excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God follow. “If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in [...]
On January 6th
1412 – Joan of Arc, martyr, was born. The clip below is from the 1928 film The Passion of Joan of Arc, which was remastered and paired with Richard Einhorn’s “Voices of Light,” a choral and orchestral work that he was inspired to write after viewing the film. You can watch the whole film on [...]
January 5th
1527 – On this day, the Swiss Anabaptist reformer Felix Manz was drowned in punishment for preaching adult (re-)baptism by immersion at the age of 29 in the year 1527. In other words, he was drowned because he believed that only adults should be baptised by fully immersing them in water. Amazing. Manz’s death made him [...]
On January 4th
1540 – The German reformer Martin Luther said in a sermon on this day that “‘Faith is the ‘yes’ of the heart, a conviction on which one stakes one’s life.” 1785 – Today is the birthday of Jacob Grimm (1/4/1785 – 9/20/1863). He was a German scholar and the author, with Wilhelm Carl Grimm, of [...]
On January 3rd
Today is the birthday of Father Damien (1/3/1840 – 4/15/1889). The following is from Wikipedia: Blessed Damien de Veuster, born Jozef de Veuster and also known as Blessed Damien of Molokai (in Dutch, Damiaan), was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a [...]
On January 1st
1780 – One of the first Methodist bishops in America, Francis Asbury, wrote in his journal: ‘My God, keep me through the water and fire, and let me rather die than live to sin against thee!’ 1802 – In a letter written to the Danbury Baptist Association, Thomas Jefferson, used the phrase “a wall of [...]
July 17th – Some Things about Today in History I Find Interesting
431 – The Council of Ephesus (the 3rd of 21 ecumenical councils of the church) adjourned. This Council condemned Nestorianism and Pelagianism, and defined Mary’s title as “theotokos” (God-Bearer). 1674 – Isaac Watts was born in Southampton, England on this day. He wrote more than 600 hymns, including one of my favorites, “When I Survey [...]
Peace, Bernstein and e.e. – Today in History: October 14th
Image via Wikipedia Three notable persons received the Nobel Peace Prize on this date. They include: 1964 – Martin Luther King, Jr., pastor and civil rights advocate, was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. King once said, “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic [...]
