Today In History - January 19

    A special thanks to Wikipedia.org for following historical information. The sermons I have chosen from Sermonaudio.com

1901 – Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom, stricken with paralysis. She dies three days later at the age of 81.[12]

Recommended sermons and podcasts: Victoria, by BJU Students and Faculty

1915 – Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.

Recommended sermons and podcasts: The Neon god They Made, by Daniel Schrock [Text: Deuteronomy 4:15-24]

1915 – German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.

Recommended sermons and podcasts:

1. The Christmas Truce, by Dr. Peter Hammond
2. The Christmas Truce, by Rev. Ian Brown [Text: Isaiah 9:6 & 7]
3. The Christmas Truce, by Rev. Thomas Martin [Text: Luke 2:14]

Recommended reading:

1. Snoopy and the Red Baron
2. Snoopy's Christmas - Snoopy Vs. the Red Baron

1953 – Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.[13]

The following podcasts are by Brian Dunlop

1. What About Disney Movies? Part 1
2. What About Disney Movies? Part 2

More recommended podcasts:

1. TV's Power of Suggestion - The Other 13 Reasons Netflix Won't Dare to Mention, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
2. Should Christians Watch Movies? by Dr. David P. Murray. Note: The text for Dr. Murray's sermon is Revelation 18:4 (Audio): "And I heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out of her, my people, my people, that ye be not partaker of her sins, and that ye share not in her plagues."

Recommended poems:

1. The Devil's Vision
2. The Bible or the TV Guide

1983 – The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.

Recommended sermons and podcasts: How Computer Gaming Plays to Addictions - Discerning Edifying Entertainment, by Pastor Kevin Swanson