BIBLE VERSE

On This Day in:

1789 – The U.S. War Department was established by the U.S.

Congress.

1782 – George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart.

1888 – Theophilus Van Kannel received a patent for the revolving door.

1914 – Germany invaded France, signaling an escalation of hostilities in the early days of World War I.

1928 – The U.S. Treasure Department issued a new bill that was one third smaller than the previous U.S. bills.

1934 – The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling striking down the government's attempt to ban the controversial James Joyce novel 'Ulysses.'

1942 – U.S. forces landed at Guadalcanal, marking the start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific during World War II.

1947 – The balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki, which had carried a six-man crew 4,300 miles across the Pacific Ocean, crashed into a reef in a Polynesian archipelago.

1959 – The U.S. launched Explorer 6, which sent back a picture of the Earth.

1960 – The Cuban Catholic Church condemned the rise of communism in Cuba. Fidel Castro then banned all religious TV and radio broadcasts.

1964 – The U.S. Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which gave President Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces.

1974 – French stuntman Philippe Petit walked a tightrope strung between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center.

1976 – Scientists in Pasadena, CA, announced that the Viking 1 spacecraft had found strong indications of possible life on Mars.

1981 – After 128 years of publication, 'The Washington Star' ceased all operations.

1983 – AT& T employees went on strike.

1987 – The presidents of five Central American nations, met in Guatemala City, and signed an 11-point agreement designed to bring peace to their region.

1990 – U.S. President George H.W. Bush ordered U.S. troops and warplanes to Saudi Arabia to guard against a possible invasion by Iraq.

1999 – Tony Gwynn (San Diego Padres) got his 3,000th hit of his major league career.

2003 – In California, Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he would run for the office of governor.

2003 – Stephen Geppi bought a 1963 G.I. Joe prototype for

$200,000.

Born on August 7th:

Nathaniel Greene 1742 – American Revolutionary John Heathcoat 1783 – Inventor, pioneer in lace making Robert Graham Dun 1826 – Founded of Dun and Bradstreet Mata Hari 1876 – French Spy Ann Harding (Dorothy Gatley) 1901 – Actress Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer 1927 – The Little Rascals 'The Amazing' James Randi 1928 – Magician Magic Slim 1937 – Blue Singer B.J. Thomas 1942 – Country Music Singer Garrison Keillor 1942 – “A Prairie Home Companion” Andy Fraser 1952 – Musician (Free) Wayne Knight 1955 – Actor “Seinfeld” Bruce Dickinson 1958 – Singer (Iron Maiden) David Duchovny 1960 – Actor (X-Files) Harold Perrineau 1963 – Actor ('Lost') Raul Malo (The Mavericks) 1965 Charlotte Lewis 1967 – Actress, center of Roman Polanski scandal Charlize Theron 1975 – Actress, Mad Max: Fury Road Sydney Crosby 1987 – Hockey player

“Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches!

Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.”

— Lamentations 2:19 (ESV)