This Day In History: Oct 19, 05
Ramesh C. Reddy
Publisher
October 19, 1905: 100 Years Ago
1905 - During the Russian Revolution, the Council of Ministers is created, a
government cabinet under Witte; leading Kadets are offered posts, but refuse.
Source:
http://europeanhistory.about.com/library/readyref/blrrevstimeline4.htm
October 19, 1930: 75 Years Ago
1930 - Jules Ladoumegue runs world record 1 km
(2:23.6)
Source:
http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/october_19.html
October 19, 1955:
50 Years Ago
1955 - The College Bowl Quiz Show Season 3, Show 59 took
place!
Source:
http://www.zebra.net/~tfm/cqbglist.html
October 19, 1980:
25 Years Ago
1980 - Steve McPeak rides
101'9" unicycle.
Source: http://www.scopesys.com/today/
Oct 19, 1995: 10 Years Ago
1995 - Ignoring a veto threat, the House passed a Republican plan for
overhauling Medicare by raising premiums for the elderly and disabled and saving
billions from hospital and doctor fees. (AP, 10/19/00)
Source:
http://timelines.ws/days/10_19.HTML
October 19, 2000:
5 Years Ago
2000 - It was reported that scientists had brought to life 4 strains of bacteria
entombed in salt crystals of New Mexico rock for 250 million years. (SFC,
10/19/00, p.A1)
Source:
http://timelines.ws/days/10_19.HTML
October 19, 2004:
1 Year Ago
2004 - In France 2 Muslim girls who
refused to remove their head scarves in class were
expelled from their schools, and two more risked the
same fate. (AP, 10/19/04)
Source:
http://timelines.ws/days/10_19.HTML
Religious History:
1562 - Birth of George Abbot, archbishop of Canterbury. A
recognized leader of the English Calvinists, Abbot also demonstrated Puritan
sympathies, and took a leading part in translating the 1611 King James Version
of the Bible.
1609 - Death of Jacob Arminius, 49, the Dutch theologian who lent his
name to the beliefs (known today at Arminianism) which oppose the major tenets
of Protestant Reformed (Calvinist) theology.
1720 - Birth of John Woolman, American Quaker reformer.
His "Journal," written from 1756-72, greatly influenced 19th century
abolitionists.
1744 - English revivalist George Whitefield, 29, arrived
in Maine at the start of his second visit to America. Whitefield struggled to
adapt the beliefs of Calvinism to the Arminian teachings of proto-Methodists
John and Charles Wesley.
1921 - Birth of Bill Bright, American youth evangelist.
Bill and his wife Vonette founded Campus Crusade for Christ in 1951,
incorporating this evangelical Christian student organization in California in
1953.
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)
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