BIBLE VERSE

On This Day in:

1715 – The first lighthouse in America was authorized for construction at Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts.

1827 – The first swimming school in the U.S. opened in Boston, MA.

1829 – William Burt patented the typographer, which was the first typewriter.

1847 – Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah.

1847 – Richard M. Hoe patented the rotary-type printing press.

1877 – The first municipal railroad passenger service began in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1886 – Steve Brodie, a New York saloonkeeper, claimed to have made a daredevil plunge from the Brooklyn Bridge into the East River.

1904 – The ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, MO.

1914 – Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin. The dispute led to World War I.

1923 – The Treaty of Lausanne, which settled the boundaries of modern Turkey, was concluded in Switzerland.

1929 – U.S. President Hoover proclaimed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which renounced war as an instrument of foreign policy.

1933 – The first broadcast of 'The Romance of Helen Trent' was heard on radio. 7,222 episodes were aired.

1933 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his fourth 'Fireside Chat.'

1938 – The first federal game preserve was approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The area was 2,000 acres in Utah.

1945 – The first passenger train observation car was placed in service by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.

1849 – Georgetown University in Washington, DC, presented its first Doctor of Music Degree. It was given to Professor Henry Dielman.

1952 – Egyptian military officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser overthrew King Farouk I.

1954 – A law was passed that stated 'The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to repair, equip, and restore the United States Ship Constitution, as far as may be practicable, to her original appearance, but not for active service, and thereafter to maintain the United States Ship Constitution at Boston, Massachusetts.'

1956 – Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis ended their team. They ended the partnership a decade after it began on July 25, 1946.

1958 – The submarine Nautilus departed from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, under orders to conduct 'Operation Sunshine.' The mission was to be the first vessel to cross the north pole by ship. The Nautils achieved the goal on August 3, 1958.

1962 – The 'Telstar' communications satellite sent the first live TV broadcast to Europe.

1972 – Eddie Merckx of Belgium won his fourth consecutive Tour de France bicycling competition.

1972 – The U.S. launched Landsat 1 (ERTS-1). It was the first Earth-resources satellite.

1984 – Miss America, Vanessa Williams, turned in her crown after it had been discovered that nude photos of her had appeared in 'Penthouse' magazine. She was the first to resign the title.

1985 – Commodore unveiled the personal computer Amiga 1000.

1986 – Britain's Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London. They divorced in 1996.

1998 – U.S. scientists at the University of Hawaii turned out more than

50 'carbon-copy' mice, with a cloning technique.

2000 – Lance Armstrong won his second Tour de France. He would ultimately go on to win seven.

“Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’”

— Hebrews 13:5 (ESV)