A special thanks to Wikipedia.com for following historical information. The sermons I have chosen from Sermonaudio.com (July 1)
1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her execution.Recommended sermon:
Recommended sermon: Thomas Hooker and the Doctrine of Conversion, by Pastor Iain Murray
1865 – Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
Recommended podcasts:
- The Problem with Lincoln - Interview with Dr. Thomas Dilorenzo, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
- The Impact of Washington and Lincoln, by Jim Schneider of Crosstalk America
1892 – The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
Here is a short excerpt from Howard Zinn's The Twentieth Century (referring to the Spanish-American war):
"A volunteer from this state of Washington wrote: 'Our fighting blood was up, and we all wanted to kill 'n***rs.' ...This shooting human beings beats rabbit hunting all to pieces.' It was a time of intense racism in the United States. In the years between 1889 and 1903, on the average, every week, two Nigroes were lynched by mobs-hanged, burned, mutilated. The Filipinos were brown-skinned and strange looking to Americans...Our men have been relentless, have killed to exterminate men, women, children prisoners and captives. Active insurgents and suspected people from lads ten up, the idea prevailing that the Philippino as such was little better than a dog..."
"A volunteer from this state of Washington wrote: 'Our fighting blood was up, and we all wanted to kill 'n***rs.' ...This shooting human beings beats rabbit hunting all to pieces.' It was a time of intense racism in the United States. In the years between 1889 and 1903, on the average, every week, two Nigroes were lynched by mobs-hanged, burned, mutilated. The Filipinos were brown-skinned and strange looking to Americans...Our men have been relentless, have killed to exterminate men, women, children prisoners and captives. Active insurgents and suspected people from lads ten up, the idea prevailing that the Philippino as such was little better than a dog..."
Recommended podcast: One Nation Under Allah: What's Wrong with Sharia? by Pastor Kevin Swanson
1981 – US President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Recommended podcast: Worst Presidents: Reagan, Bush Ford - Fiscally Irresponsible Presidents, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
