This Day in History: July 14

100 years ago:
1906 – S.I. Hayakawa, a Republican Senator from California and educator who emphasized 'Language in Action' was born this day!

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75 years ago:
1931 - 1st air-conditioned ship called Mariposa was launched

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50 years ago:
1956 – Erno Gero succeeds Matyas Rakosi as party leader of Hungary

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25 years ago:
1981 - Part of Hyatt Regency Hotel Kansas City caves in killing 113!

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20 years ago:
1986 - Videotapes released showing Titanic's sinksen remains

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15 years ago:
1991 - Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon demanded the release of two Lebanese brothers being held in Germany, warning there could be "grave consequences."

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10 years ago:
1996 - Recovery efforts continued off Long Island, N.Y., for the bodies of the 230 people who died in the fiery crash of TWA Flight 800; President Clinton urged Americans not to immediately assume the crash was the work of terrorists.

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5 years ago:
2001 - It was reported that Osman Durmus, the Health Minister in Turkey, had introduced regulations for state schools to expel non-virgin girls training as health workers.

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3 years ago:
2003 - Basketball star Kobe Bryant was charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman at a Colorado spa; Bryant denied the charge, saying he was guilty only of adultery.

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1 year ago:
2005 – Eight former Serbian secret police officers, and supporters of Slobodan Milošević, have been found guilty of the murder of former President Ivan Stambolić and sentenced to between 15 and 40 years in prison. (BBC)

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This Day in Religious History:

1773 - The first annual conference of the Methodist Church in America convened at St. George's Church in Philadelphia, PA.

1775 - Anglican clergyman and hymn writer John Newton wrote in a letter: 'The knowledge of God cannot be attained by studious discussion on our parts; it must be by revelation on His part.'

1800 - Birth of Anglican clergyman Matthew Bridges. In 1848 he converted to Catholicism, under the influence of the Oxford Movement in England. He is remembered today for authoring the hymn, 'Crown Him with Many Crowns.'

1833 - Anglican clergyman John Keble preached his famous sermon on national religious apostasy. It marked the beginning of the Oxford Movement, which sought to purify and revitalize the Church of England.

1892 - The Baptist Young People's Union held its first national convention in Detroit. The founding of the BYP Union was inspired by the earlier work of Francis E. Clark, a Congregational pastor who founded the first 'modern' youth fellowship in 1881.

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987. Additional information supplied by the author. Contact via E-mail: William D. Blake. (pilgrimwb@aol.com)

Ramesh C. Reddy can be reached at reddy4HisGlory2004@yahoo.com

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