|
||
1227
Gregory IX was elected pope.
1452
Pope Nicholas V crowned Frederick III as emperor, the last time such a coronation occurred in St. Peter's.
1563
Queen Elizabeth I issued a statute against witchcraft.
1563
The Edict of Amboise granted some religious freedom to French Protestants, thereby ending the First Huguenot War.
1721
Pope Clement XI died at the age of 71.
1860
American politician and fundamentalist religious leader William Jennings Bryan was born.
1891
Eventual Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren was born.
1928
Catholic theologian Hans Kung was born in Sursee Switzerland.
1937
Pope Pius XI issued his encyclical Divini redemptoris: "There would be neither Socialism nor Communism today if the rulers of the nations had not scorned the teachings and material warnings of the Church."
1981
Governor Frank J. White signed into law Arkansas' infamous "Balanced Treatment" act (Act 590), mandating that any science class which teaches about evolution must also give equal time to teaching about creationism. The law was challenged and eventually struck down by Judge William Overton in the case of McClean v. Arkansas.
1987
Jim Bakker resigned as head of the PTL ministry after the revelation of a 1980 sexual affair a with church secretary, Jessica Hahn.
1995
In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a massive bomb explodes outside the Murrah federal office building. Among the 169 people killed were 19 children in the building's day care center. Hundreds more were injured, with many sustaining permanent disabilities.
2004
In Quebec, the Court of Appeal upholds a superior court ruling that same-sex marriages are legal under Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Canadian provinces of Ontario and British Columbia already permitted same-sex marriage.
Do you have any suggestions for additions to this date? If so, you are encouraged to write and say so - the more information that can be added, the more complete and informative the calendar will be.
