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July 14, 1955: 50 years ago
Two were killed, and many were dazed, when lightning struck Ascot racetrack, in England.

Source: http://www.andibradley.com/whatya/jul14.htm

July 14, 1980: 25 years ago
Ronald Reagan arrives in Detroit as Republican convention officially opens.

Source: http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id101.htm

July 14, 1985: 20 years ago
Baltimore defeated Oakland, 28-24, to clinch their second consecutive United States Football League championship. It was to become the last USFL game.

Source: http://www.andibradley.com/whatya/jul14.htm

July 14, 1990: 15 years ago
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl arrived in Moscow for talks with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev that were aimed at soothing Kremlin concerns about German unification.
Source: http://www.andibradley.com/whatya/jul14.htm

July 14, 1995: 10 years ago
Under pressure from Congress, FBI Director Louis Freeh removed his friend Larry Potts as the bureau's deputy director because of controversy over Potts' role in a deadly 1992 FBI siege in Idaho.

Source: http://www.andibradley.com/whatya/jul14.htm

July 14, 2000: 5 years ago
A jury in Miami-Dade County, Florida, ordered the tobacco industry to pay $144.8 billion to Florida smokers. It was the largest damage award in US history.

Source: http://www.andibradley.com/whatya/jul14.htm

July 14, 2004: 1 year ago
Militants in Iraq said they killed a captive Bulgarian truck driver and threatened to put another hostage to death in 24 hours. Georgi Lazov (30) and Ivaylo Kepov (32) were kidnapped Jun 29.

Source: http://timelines.ws/days/07_14.HTML

Compiled by Ramesh C. Reddy

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.

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