USO Canteen FReeper Style~ Sunday Chapel ~ December 15 2002

USO Canteen Chaplin grantswank

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The Canteen Chapel at Christmas

Although we are always aware
that the Canteen is operating
in Cyberspace, we want the troops
and anyone who is on the receiving end
of prayers at the Canteen,
to know that these prayers are very real.

I hope the troops and Canteeners
alike, will view this Canteen Chapel,
as a place where you might go in times of
trouble or times of joy to be with your God.

"Come unto me all ye who are weary and
burdened,and I shall give you rest." (Matt: 11:28).

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George W. Bush: A President of Faith

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A Man of Prayer

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A reporter on CNN was asked

"What did George W. Bush do
on his first morning as president-elect?"

This was Tony Clark's answer:

"He attended a prayer service with family,
friends and staff members."

George W Bush's priorities were established
on the first day of his Presidency.

The President Takes His Faith to Work

President George W. Bush looks over to Thomas Martello, 6,
during the signing ceremony of the Victims of Terrorism
Tax Relief Act in the East Room Jan. 23.
"We're joined today by families who have lost loved ones
in the great acts of evil," said the President.
"As you draw on faith and personal strength to cope with your grief,
I hope you'll also find comfort in the knowledge that
your nation stands with you and prays for you.
We mourn those whom we've lost, and we face the future together."

The President Lives his Faith

President Bush says he prays every day
in all kinds of situations,
and has been seen to quietly bow his head and pray
before news conferences and important meetings.
"I pray for guidance. I do not pray for earthly things
but for heavenly things, for wisdom
and patience and understanding."

"For strength and support, Bush turns to
the same things that have sustained
him for two decades: his faith and his family . . .
Bush prays and reads the Bible every day.
These days, aides say, they often spot
a Bible on his desk in the Oval Office.
In conversation or meetings, he often refers to
passages of Scripture that he has just read."

"There are prayers that help us last
through the day, or endure the night.
There are prayers of friends and strangers
that give us strength for the journey.
And there are prayers that yield
our will to a will greater than our own."

George W. Bush September 14, 2001
National Day of Prayer and Remembrance.

Listen to President George W Bush
in an Inspiring Song by Russ Lee

Don't miss this.

I'm Going To Live What I Believe

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Music for Christmas

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The Hallelujah Chorus (Mormon Tabernacle Choir) ......Ave Maria (Kiri Te Kawana)

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Garth Brooks).....

Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Andy Williams)......What Child is This (Enya)

Joy to The World (Anne Murray).......When a Child is Born (The Mistletones)

Deck the Halls (Mormon Tabernacle Choir)........O Holy Night

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The Children's Corner

Click on child in prayer, to hear Veggie Tunes
(this is over half an hour of music)

"Angels We Have Heard on High"
sung by a Children's Chorus

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Hymns of the Military

Army Hymn: "God of Our Fathers"

Navy Hymn: "Eternal Father Strong to Save"

Air Force Hymn: "Lord Guard and Guide the Men Who Fly"

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We, at the Canteen, offer these prayers 
to those serving their country 
today. God Bless you all.

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Psalm 59:1,16&17
(Patti Vaillant)

"Deliver me from mine enemies,O my God:
Defend me from them that rise up against me.
But I will sing of thy power;yes I will sing
aloud of thy mercy in the morning; for thou
hast been my defence and refuge in the day
of my trouble. Unto thee, O my strength will
I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of 
my mercy."

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Our Prayer
(Celine Dion/Andrea Bocelli)

I pray you'll be our eyes, 
And watch us where we go.
And help us to be wise 
In times when we don't know.

Let this be our prayer, 
When we lose our way.
Lead us to a place, 
Guide us with your grace
To a place where we'll be safe. 

I pray we'll find your light,
And hold it in our hearts
When stars go out each night,
Remind us where you are.. 

Let this be our prayer
When shadows fill our day
Lead us to a place
Guide us with your grace 
Give us faith so we'll be safe.

We ask that life be kind
And watch us from above.
We hope each soul will find
Another soul to love.

Let this be our prayer,
Just like every child,
Needs to find a place, 
Guide us with your grace
Give us faith so we'll be safe.

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Chap Grant's Christmas Greetings
to the Canteen.

BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOURS. . .
GRANT AND PRISCILLA
CHRISTMASTIDE 2002

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The Chaplain's Corner

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J. Grant Swank, Jr.,
Pastor, New Hope Church

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AN INN FOR CHRISTMAS

"I'll bring you another blanket," I said.

"Greg, when you leave in the morning, make sure you turn out the lights."

Greg smiled, understanding that he did have a
habit of forgetting to turn out the lights in his
one-room shelter at the church.

How could parents put their child out at Christmas?

"How is it that they told you to leave?" I asked
him when he wandered into my living room that
desperately cold night.

"They said they had had it with my being a Christian."

"You can use the rest rooms -- shave, bathe. You
can use the church kitchen to make your meals.
Sometimes we'll invite you over for supper. How's
that?"

On the following Sunday I informed our
congregation of Greg's plight. After worship,
people needed no prodding to get heads and hearts
together.

"Do you have the box decorated?" someone
asked. I assured her that Marie had everything in
place.

"Good morning, Greg," I called to him as he
left his one-room abode to join the rest of us.

"Good morning, Pastor," he replied cheerily.

Greg had been invited to his parents' for Christmas
Day. He would go, he said, "to show them that I
love them in spite of what they've done to me."
Fine. Then go.

Our church fellowship meal was eaten with relish.
Such delicious tastes!

"Now?" Sally asked.

"Now," I whispered back.

The huge box was brought out into the center of
the fellowship hall.

"Greg."

It was not easy to get Greg's attention when he
was eating!

"Greg, we have something special for you today.
Here are some presents we wrapped up just for
you. May this be a blessed Christmas after all."

The young man--not all that tall--rose to extra
height with gladness as he sauntered over to the gifts.

"How can I say what's in my heart?" he asked,
hardly able to say much more.

"Greg?" I knocked on his door late Christmas night.
Loud music was blaring.

"Greg?" I knocked again.

"What are you listening to?" I asked whimsically.

Greg turned down the volume.

"I guess I was just trying to drown out something
inside with that noise," Greg said haltingly.

"That bad, was it?" I ventured.

"That bad."

"And what did your parents get you for
Christmas?" I asked.

"Nothing."

"Nothing? Nothing at all?"

Greg nodded. At the other side of the room were
all the gifts given by the church folk.

"My parents are not very happy people. I feel
sorry for them. I'm beginning to understand that
they really do need a lot of help."

"Their not giving me anything was really getting to
me tonight. I turned up the radio so that I could
drown out some of the hurt inside."

"No problem, Greg."

"Yet, Pastor, through this whole mess I've realized
one precious gift that stands out more than anything
else."

"What's that?"

"It's that I do have a family. They are more than I
have ever had in my whole life. They are all those
people who come into this church. They love me."

I left him and walked back home.

"How's he doing?" my wife asked as I walked
through the door.

"Not too well. But not too badly either. I mean, I
think this is one of the most precious Christmases
Greg will ever know. For some very important reasons,
this season will no doubt stand out in his memory as
one of the most meaningful times in his life."

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Click on banner above to listen to this song.

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Our Canteen Chaplain,Grant Swank,is pastor 
of the New Hope Church. He has pastored for 
40+ years, ministering in Calgary, Alberta;
Indianapolis; Kansas City; Manchester CT; 
Akron OH; Fishkill NY; Walpole MA and presently 
in Maine. 

Grant also finds ministry in writing for various 
Protestant and Catholic publications, including 
CHRISTIANITY TODAY, DECISION and THE PRIEST. 

Presently, Grant is providing columns for 
websites such as CHALCEDON, INTELLECTUAL.
CONSERVATIVE, 
MENSNEWSDAILY, MICHNEWS and WOUNDEDSHEPHERDS. 

He also writes a weekly column, "Lakes 
Religion," for the PORTLAND PRESS HERALD 
newspaper, Portland ME. 

He and his wife, Priscilla, have traveled 
extensively, including the Middle East, Europe 
and South America. The Swanks have three adult 
children: Crystal, Jay and 
Heidi Jo.

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[Soaring Feather]

Prayers for The Troops and Vets

[Soaring Feather]

Good Morning to you!

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin' !

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Tonk! Good morning, EVERBODY!

Good Morning, TROOPS!

[tomkow6]

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:

Three small boys were bragging about their fathers. The first
boasted that his dad owned a farm. The second said his dad
owned a factory. The third boy, a pastors son, replied:
"That's nothin'. My dad owns hell."

"No way," another boy scoffed. "How can a man own hell?"

"Sure he can," the preacher's son said. "My mom told my
grandma that them elders of our church gave it to him last
night."

[tomkow6]

Are you being affected by that storm?

[Soaring Feather]

Good Morning tomkow!

FEEBLE attempt at humor: ooooooooohhhhhhh well, it's okay!! LOL

[aomagrat]

Today's classic warship, USLHT Mangrove (WAGL-232)

Mangrove class lighthouse tender
Displacement. 821 t.
Lenght. 164'
Beam. 30'
Draft. 8'
Speed. 10 k.
Complement. 31

Mangrove was built for the Lighthouse Service in 1897 at Elizabethport, N.J., as a cargo tender. She served the Light House Service and Coast Guard as a navigation aids tender for nearly fifty years.

In the Spanish-American War she saw early action, having a brush with a small Spanish gunboat at Caibarien, Cuba, 14 August 1898.

She was acquired by the Navy with the entire Lighthouse Service 11 April 1917. After serving as a patrol boat throughout World War 1, she returned to the Lighthouse Service 1 July 1919.

Until 1939 Mangrove served as a lighthouse and buoy tender and was assigned permanent station at Charleston, S.C. She was acquired from the Lighthouse Service in 1939 when that service became part of the Coast Guard.

Executive Order 8929 of 1 November 1941 transferred the entire Coast Guard to the Navy. Mangrove continued naval service as a buoy tender until 1 January 1946, when she returned to the Treasury Department. She decommissioned shortly after the end of hostilities and was sold for scrap in March 1947.

[grantswank]

yes, thanks to radical poet for sunday's poem post.

much appreciation, rad poet!! for sure.

chap grant

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[grantswank]

we understand, ms. cote.

when i check out the chapel, most of what i would presume to be there appears to be there. . .but then again perchance i am missing something.

we will be patient. in the meantime, i note many in the chapel.

blessings,

chap grant

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[grantswank]

terrific to spy you near the front of today's chapel, tonk. just as we all would expect from our faithful webmaster.

blessings to you and yours,

chap grant

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[grantswank]

hello and heaven's greetings to you, too.

may you have an especially thank-filled day.

chap grant

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[My back yard]

I have watched the Fellowship of the Ring movie almost every day for weeks in anticipation of the new TTT one coming up. Very excited! I have my tickets already.

While watching it I have been thinking of the Vietnam Era vets, and that there could not be a more insidous attack on a people's moral clarity than what happened to them. It sickens me still when I think of it. Anyway, I thought this would be a good place for this thought. How will we ever make it up to those returning vets?

They stood their rank and to the hill marched on
Held file and ride
      While Boromir died

They returned to their White City and were spat on
Lost faith and pride
      When kin and king lied

God Bless our troops and keep them safe this Sunday morning. We owe them so much.

[grantswank]

i see that you are very attentive, per usual.

wonderful to greet you once again at the front door of the chapel.

chap grant

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On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on December 15:
0037 Nero Claudius Augustus Germanicus 5th emperor of Rome (54-68)
1534 Lucas Osiander composer
1567 Christoph Demantius composer
1574 Samuel Besler composer
1610 David Teniers II Flemish courtpainter (Theatrum Pictorium)
1648 Gregory King English statistician (Natural & Political Observations)
1657 Michel-Richard Delalande composer
1667 Ludwig Ernst composer
1720 J F Beck writer
1735 Cesare Beccaria-Bonesana Italian lawyer
1765 Philippe-Jacques Pfeffinger composer
1778 Godert AGP baron van der Capellen Dutch Governor-General (Dutch-Indies)
1787 Charles Cowden Clarke English editor/Shakespearean critic
1793 Henry Charles Carey Philadelphia PA, economist (Principles of Poli Economy)
1802 János Bolyai Romania, mathematician (non-Euclidean geometry)
1803 August Freyer composer
1812 Isidor Dannstrom composer
1821 Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil composer
1822 Edward Stephen composer
1823 Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke composer
1830 Francesco D'Arcais composer
1832 Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel French engineer (Eiffel tower)
1836 Edmond Picard French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel)
1842 Henry Gadsby composer
1848 Edwin Howland Blashfield decorated the dome of Library of Congress
1852 Antoine Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity (Nobel 1903)
1852 Tewfik Pasja khedive (viceroy) of Egypt
1853 Jean B A Kessler director of oil on Dutch Indies
1857 Eugeniusz Pankiewicz composer
1859 Ludwik L Zamenhof Russia/Poland, physician/linguist (Esperanto)
1860 Niels Ryberg Finsen Denmark, physician/phototherapist (Nobel 1903)
1861 Charles Edgar Duryea inventor (1st auto built & operated in US)
1863 Arthur D Little US, chemist (patented rayon)
1863 Paul [Prudent] Painlevé French mathematician/minister/premier
1870 Josef Hoffmann Austrian architect
1873 Pongrac Kacsoh composer
1875 Friedrich Niggli composer
1876 Ferdinand Hardekopf writer
1878 Hans Carossa writer
1879 Hugo W C Bordewijk Dutch lawyer
1879 Rudolf von Laban Czechoslovakian/German choreographer (modern dance)
1881 James Schneider New York, actor (Keystone Kops)
1882 Helena Rubinstein US cosmetic manufacturer
1887 Pieter C A Geyl historian (History of the Dutch Tribe)
1888 Maxwell Anderson US, dramatist (Winter Set, High Tor)
1888 Artturi A Leinonen Finnish journalist/writer (Kati)/politician
1888 Jan Greshoff Dutch poet/author/journalist (Bric à Brac)
1892 J Paul Getty Minneapolis MN, oil magnate (Getty Oil)
1892 David Guion composer
1892 Jose Maria Castro composer
1896 Carl Ferdinand Cori US bio-chemist
1896 George B Cressey US geographer (Asia's Lands & Peoples)
1896 Margaret Bannerman Toronto Ontario, actress (Elopement)
1896 Paul R Citroen Dutch sculptor
1898 Fernando Remacha composer
1899 Frank Vosper London England, actor (Man Who Knew Too Much)
19-- Marta Dubois David Panama, actress (Tales of the Gold Monkey)
19-- Sophy Puerto Rico, Spanish singer (Comparame Balada y Salsa)
19-- Tim Gaines rock bassist/vocalist (Stryper-Against the Law)
1900 Francesco Messina sculptor
1904 Kermit Bloomgarden producer (Diary of Anne Frank, Music Man)
1904 William Hitzig Austria, Maxwell physician
1905 Ferenc Farkas composer
1906 Betty Smith novelist (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
1907 Oscar Niemeyer Brazilians architect (Brasilia)
1913 Muriel Rukeyser US, poet (1977 Shelley Memorial Award)
1913 Rik Jacobs Flemish stage manager
1914 Ernie Toshack cricket pace bowler (Aussie left-arm post-WWII)
1915 Jose Toribio Merino Castro admiral
1916 Maurice Wilkins England, physicist, worked with DNA (Nobel 1962)
1918 Jeff Chandler [Ira Grossel] Brooklyn NY, actor (Broken Arrow, Away All Boats)
1919 Ake Seyffarth 10K speed skater (Olympics-gold-1948)
1921 Bobby Todd US comic/actor (Original Sin)
1922 Alan Freed Pennsylvania, DJ, accepted payola/introduced term "rock-n-roll"
1924 Ida Haendel Polish violinist/author (Woman with Violin)
1928 Jimmy Nelson Chicago IL, ventriloquist (Nestles, Farfel)
1929 Keith Andrew cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 2 Tests 1954-63)
1930 Alim-ud-Din cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1954-62)
1931 Evald Schorm Prague Czechoslovakia, director (Courage for Every Day)
1932 Edna O'Brien Ireland, writer (Fanatic of Heart, Casualties of Peace)
1932 Elaine Barkin composer
1932 Igor Stuhec composer
1933 Tim Conway Willoughby OH, comic (McHale's Navy, Carol Burnett Show)
1933 Jesse Belvin Texarkana AR, rock vocalist (Mr Easy)
1937 Karen Morrow Chicago IL, actress (Aunt Minerva-Tabitha, Jim Nabors Hour)
1937 John [Thomas] Sladek US, sci-fi author (Tik-Tok, Bugs)
1938 Dennis Madide South African Internal minister of Transkei
1939 Cindy Birdsong Camden NJ, rock vocalist (Labelle-Rainbow, Supremes)
1939 Nicolaus A Huber composer
1940 Nick Buoniconti NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)/sportscaster (NBC)
1941 Austin Savage Welsh hockey player
1941 Geoffrey Davies English actor (Doctor at Sea, Doctor on the Go)
1942 Dave Clark London England, rock drummer (Dave Clark 5-Glad All Over)
1943 Mihaly Hesz Hungary, 1K kayak (Olympics-gold-1968)
1944 Stan Bahnsen New York Yankee pitcher (1968 American League Rookie-of-year)
1945 Thaao Penghlis Sydney New South Wales Australia, actor (Mission Impossible, Tony-Days of our Life)
1946 Carmine Appice musician (Have You Heard, Keep on Rolling)
1946 Harry Ray Hackensack NJ, rock vocalist (Ray, Goodman, Brown)
1948 David Gwillim Plymouth England, (RADA), actor (Island at Top of the World)
1949 Don Johnson Flatt Creek MO, actor (Miami Vice, Harrad Experiment)
1949 Ton [Teunis] Sijbrands Dutch world checkers champion
1950 Ernst Hirsch Ballin Dutch minister of Justice (198?-94)
1951 Joe Jordan Scottish soccer star
1951 Ken Knox rock vocalist (Chairmen of the Board)
1954 Felicity LaFortune Oak Park IL, actress (Ryan's Hope)
1954 Alex Cox director (Repo Man)
1954 Justin Ross Brooklyn NY, actor (Sinatra, Chorus Line, Fan, Quick Change)
1955 Melanie Chartoff West Haven CT, actress (Fridays, Parker Lewis)
1955 Paul Simonon English pop bassist (Clash-Havana 3 AM)
1959 Heidi Bohay Somerset NJ, actress (Megan-Hotel)
1959 Greg Matthews cricketer (New South Wales & Australia off-spin all rounder Yeah yeah)
1959 Rashid Khan cricketer (4 Tests for Pakistan 1982-85)
1960 Don Franklin Chicago IL, actor (Seaquest 2032, Noah Dixon-The Young Riders)
1960 Doug Phelps Leachville AR, singer (Kentucky Headhunters-Davy Crockett)
1961 Annie Pujol Perpignan, French TV hostess (Roue de la Fortune)
1961 Reginald Hudlin director (House Party)
1963 Helen Slater New York NY, actress (Supergirl, Billie Jean, Ruthless People)
1963 Asif Karim cricketer (slow left-arm bowler for Kenya 1996 World Cup)
1963 David Wingate NBA guard/forward (Seattle Supersonics)
1964 Carlton Bailey NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers)
1964 Jerry Ball NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings)
1965 Kimberly Donley Aurora IL, playmate (March 1993)
1965 Walter Reeves NFL tight end (Cleveland Browns)
1966 Carl Hooper cricketer (West Indies off-spin all-rounder)
1967 Chris Gioskos CFL tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
1967 Christine Larsen New Westminster British Columbia, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
1967 Frank Hartley NFL tight end (Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers)
1967 Keith Askins NBA guard/forward (Miami Heat)
1967 Mo Vaughn Norwalk CT, infielder (Boston Red Sox, MVP-1995)
1968 Garrett Wang actor (Star Trek Voyager)
1969 Dan Williams NFL defensive end (Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs)
1969 Sean Briscombe Minneapolis MN, diver (Olympics-96)
1969 Wayne Simmons linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs)
1970 Damon Thomas NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
1970 Lawrence Funderburke NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1970 Mitchell Butler NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Cleveland Cavaliers)
1971 Boudewijk Pahlplatz soccer player (FC Twente, PSV)
1971 Chris Maumalanga NFL defensive tackle (Chicago Bears, Arizona Cardinals)
1971 Eric Bjornson NFL tight end (Dallas Cowboys)
1971 Ken Alexander WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
1972 Rodney Harrison NFL safety (San Diego Chargers)
1972 Stanislav Jasecko Spisska Nova Ves, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
1973 Geoff Stewart Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1973 Mike Cherry quarterback (New York Giants)
1973 Mirko Ludemann Weiwasser Germany, NHL defenseman (Team Germany, Colorado)
1973 Tammy Melinda Pearman Brooklyn NY, soccer forward/defender (Olympics-96)
1974 Jeffrey van der Stone soccer player (RKC)
1977 Catherine Fox 400 meter freestyle relay (Olympics-gold-96)
1977 Larissa Fontaine Chicago IL, gymnast (alternate-Olympics-96)
1978 Henrietta Nagyova Nove Zamky Slovakia, tennis star (ITF/Cali-COL)
1985 Sheeba Reiter Florida, illegitimate daughter of Jackie Mason

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Deaths which occurred on December 15:
1025 Basilius II the Bulgarendoder, Byzantine emperor (976-1025), dies
1230 Ottokar I king of Bohemia (1197-1230), dies
1515 Alfonso de Albuquerque viceroy of Portuguese Indies, dies
1576 Joachim Hopperus [Hoppers] Frisian lawyer/politician, dies at 53
1598 Philip van Marnix Flemish ruler of St Aldegonde/poet, dies at 58
1621 Charles d'albert Duke of Luynes/PM of France, dies at 43
1626 Adriaen de Vries Dutch sculptor/painter, dies at about 70
1675 John Vermeer Dutch painter (Love Letter), dies at 43
1688 Gaspar Fagel lawyer/Netherlands grand pensionary (1672-88), dies at 54
1699 Henrik A van Reede tot Drakenstein Dutch botanist, dies at about 63
1712 Sidney 1st Earl of Godolphine English minister of Finance, dies at 67
1715 George Hickes English linguist (Old German Philology), dies at 73
1779 Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila composer, dies at 62
1792 Joseph Martin Kraus composer, dies at 36
1816 Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz composer, dies at 44
1817 Maria Walewska [Leszczinska] lover of emperor Napoleon I, dies
1822 Ferenc Verseghy composer, dies at 65
1826 William Browser revolting slave, executed in New York NY
1831 Paul R Cantzlaar Governor of Saba/Curaçao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60
1839 Matthijs I van Bree Flemish court-painter, dies at 66
1861 Gualtiero Sanelli composer, dies at 45
1880 Carlo Boncompagni di Mombello Italian minister of Justice, dies at 76
1889 Ferdinand II king of Portugal, dies at 73
1890 Sitting Bull Hunkpapa-Sioux chief (Little Big Horn), killed by US Army
1892 Charles Balmer composer, dies at 75
1896 John Acquoy Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1901 Elias Alvares Lobo composer, dies at 67
1909 Francisco Tarrega y Eixea composer, dies at 57
1934 Maggis Lena Walker 1st US (black) woman to head a bank, dies at 69
1939 Tom McKibbin cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1895-1898, 17 wickets), dies
1943 Thomas W "Fats" Waller jazz pianist, dies in Kansas City MO at 39
1944 Glenn Miller US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40
1946 Conrad Haebler historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89
1946 Gordon Frederic Norton composer, dies at 77
1950 Robert Muller-Hartmann composer, dies at 66
1951 Eric Drummond 1st Secretary-General League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75
1953 Kishio Hirao composer, dies at 46
1961 William "Dummy" Hoy professional baseball player, dies at 99
1962 Charles Laughton English actor (Hunchback of Notre Dame), dies at 63
1966 Walt Disney animator, dies at 65, put in suspended animation
1968 Jess Willard Heavyweight boxing champion (1915-19), dies at 86
1972 Edward Earle actor (Charlie Chan-Meeting at Midnight), dies at 90
1972 Herbert Eimert German composer (Glockenspiel), dies at 75
1973 Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov composer, dies at 61
1974 Harry Hershfield cartoonist (Can You Top This?), dies at 89
1974 Erich Walter Sternberg composer, dies at 83
1975 Mukhtar Ashrafi composer, dies at 63
1978 Chill Wills actor (Frontier Circus, Rounders), dies at 75
1979 Bern Hoffman actor (Major Dell Conway), dies at 66
1984 Avon Long actor (Roots: Next Generation), dies at 74
1984 Jan Peerce [Perelmuth] operatic tenor, dies at 80 following a stroke
1989 Arnold Moss actor (Gambit), dies at 79
1990 Betty Warren actress (Passport to Pimlico) dies
1990 Jean Paige actress (Captain Blood, Black Beauty), dies
1991 Horatio Luro US horse trainer (Northern Dancer), dies at 90
1991 Ray Smith British actor (And Then You Die), dies at 55
1992 Fré [Frederik] Meis Dutch MP (CPN), dies at 71
1994 Hans de Jong musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86
1994 Harry Tobias songwriter, dies at 99
1994 Henry Phelps Brown historian/economist, dies at 88
1994 Mollie Doreen Phillips British figure skater (Eur-bronze-33), dies at 87
1995 James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn tap-dancer/socialist, dies at 88
1995 Manuel Gutierrez Mellado PM of Defense of Spain (1977-81), dies at 83
1996 Gerald Moverley priest, dies at 74
1996 Guiseppe Dossetti politician/priest, dies at 83
1996 Laurens jan van der Post explorer/conservationist, dies at 90
1997 Lillian Disney widow of Walt Disney, dies at 98
1997 Pananayiotis Taki Vatikiotis middle east scholar, dies at 69

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On this day...
0687 St Sergius I begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Conon
1124 Chancellor Haimeric selects pope (Lamberto becomes Honorius II)
1488 Bartholomeus Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing round Cape of Good Hope
1569 Westmoreland flees to Scotland
1582 Leidse University names Rembert Dodoens professor of botany/medicine
1582 Spanish Netherlands/Denmark/Norway adopt Gregorian calendar
1586 Laevinus Torrentius, becomes bishop of Antwerp
1593 State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft
1612 Simon Marius, is 1st to observe Andromeda galaxy through a telescope
1640 Duke of Bragança crowned King Johan IV of Portugal
1660 Philippines: Andres Malongs rebels plunders Bagnotan
1664 English colonizing Connecticut
1667 Brandenburg declares himself neutral in Devolutie War
1680 Tax revolt on Terschelling due to tax on cereal
1688 Lord Delamere sides with King James II
1745 Battle at Kesseldorf: Prussia beats Saksen & Austria
1791 Bill of Rights ratified when Virginia gave its approval
1791 1st US law school established at University of Pennsylvania
1792 1st life insurance policy issued in US (Philadelphia)
1794 Revolutionary Tribunal abolished in France
1810 1st Irish magazine in US, The Shamrock, is published
1815 Rossini gets assignment for Il barbiere di Siviglia
1820 1st general pharmacopoeia in US published, Boston
1836 Patent Office burns in Washington DC
1854 1st street-cleaning machine in US 1st used in Philadelphia
1859 GR Kirchoff describes chemical composition of Sun
1863 Skirmish at Bean's Station TN (Knoxville Campaign)
1864 Battle of Nashville TN
1864 Raid on Stoneman: Abingdon & Glade Springs VA
1874 1st reigning king to visit US (of Hawaii) received by President Grant
1877 Thomas Edison patents phonograph
1891 James Naismith invents basketball (Canada)
1893 Dvoráks "From the New World" premieres at Carnegie Hall NYC
1894 Cricket day 2 1st T Australia vs England Australia 586 (Gregory 201) England 3-130
1899 3rd defeat of "Black Week" - Battle at Colenso South Africa (Boers-British army)
1909 Thomas J Lynch becomes president of baseball's National League
1914 American Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded by Hiram Percy Maxim
1914 Battle of Lódz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow
1914 British fleet forfeits chance to destroy German fleet in North Sea
1914 Swedish troops over run Belgrade in Austria-Hungary
1916 French defeat Germans in WWI Battle of Verdun
1917 Moldavian Republic declares independence from Russia
1918 American Jewish Congress holds it's 1st meeting
1919 Edna St Vincent Millay's "Aria da Capo" premieres in New York NY
1919 Fiume (Rijeka) declares it's Independence
1922 IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague
1925 1st hockey game at Madison Square Garden, Montréal Canadiens 3, New York Americans 1
1925 1st road with a depressed trough (Texas) opens to traffic
1926 Facist national symbol elevated in Italy
1927 Ed Hickman kidnaps child he later beheads
1929 Walter Mittelholzer flies as 1st about the Kilimanjaro
1930 Don Bradman takes his 1st Test Cricket wicket (Ivan Barrow, West Indies, lbw)
1933 Baseball owners agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15
1934 Fokker F18 Snip flies to Netherlands West Indies
1935 Detroit Lions win NFL championship
1935 Max Euwe becomes world champion chess beating Alexander Aljechin
1936 KVL-AM in Seattle WA changes call letters to KEEN (now KING)
1938 Groundbreaking begins for Jefferson Memorial in Washington DC
1939 1st commercial manufacture of nylon yarn, Seaford DE
1939 World premiere of "Gone With The Wind" in Atlanta GA
1939 Snip departs for 1st flight to Paramaribo, Curaçao
1941 USS Swordfish becomes 1st US sub to sink a Japanese ship
1941 Gas/electrical use restricted in Holland
1941 German submarine U-127 sinks
1941 Nazi's transfers 100 Czechoslovakian citizens/Heinrich Himmler falls faint
1941 North Africa: allied assault up Italians Gazala-posing
1942 Massachusetts issues 1st US vehicular license plate tabs
1944 Bandleader, Major Glenn Miller, lost over English Channel
1944 Hizbu'allah (Arm forces for Allah) forms
1944 US Congress gives General Eisenhower his 5th star
1944 US troops lands on Mindoro
1945 John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, ordained as a priest
1946 Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 24-14 in NFL championship game
1946 Giants Frank Filchock & Merle Hapes suspended by NFL, because they didn't report bribe attempt
1948 Former state department official Alger Hiss indicted in NYC for perjury
1949 Albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris
1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone to retain heavyweight boxing title
1950 NYC's Port Authority opens
1952 "Two's Company" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 90 performances
1952 Christine Jorgenson is 1st person to undergo a sex-change operation
1952 KHON TV channel 2 in Honolulu HI (NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientales Ecclesias
1953 WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City FL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 Fordham University scraps football team for financial reasons
1954 Netherlands Antilles becomes co-equal part of Kingdom of Netherlands
1956 Emergency crisis in North Ireland proclaimed after IRA strikes
1956 KGW TV channel 8 in Portland OR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 WRAL TV channel 5 in Raleigh-Durham NC (CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 Everly Brothers record "Let It Be Me"
1960 King Boudouin of Belgium marries doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragon
1961 Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel
1961 Equal access rule, political parties get TV broadcasting time
1961 JFK visits Puerto Rico
1961 L J Suenens appointed archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
1962 Vaughn Meader's "The 1st Family" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 12 weeks
1964 Canada adopts maple leaf flag
1964 1st time 4 people in space
1964 American Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded
1965 3rd cyclone of year kills another 10,000 at mouth of Ganges River, Bangladesh
1965 Gemini 6 launched; makes 1st rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7)
1965 William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball
1965 D Heneker & J Taylor's musical "Charlie Girl" premieres in London
1965 Queen Juliana opens Zeeland Bridge to Oosterschelde
1966 Audouin Dollfus discovers 10th satellite of Saturn, Janus
1966 John W Mecom Jr becomes 1st owner of the New Orlean Saints
1966 "Joyful Noise" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 12 performances
1967 Beatles release "Christmas Time is Here Again"
1967 Joe Garagiola joins the Today Show panel
1967 Silver Bay bridge (Ohio-West Virginia) collapses during afternoon rush hour, 34 die
1969 San Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones
1969 Plastic Ono Band, play their only concert at London's Lyceum Ballroom
1970 Soviet Venera 7 is 1st spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus)
1970 South Korean ferry Namyong-Ho sinks in Strait of Korea, 308 killed
1971 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
1973 Golf Resort (The Disney Inn) opens
1973 Sandy Hawley becomes 1st jockey to win 500 races in 1 year
1973 Tennessee beats Temple 11-6 in low scoring NCAA basketball game
1973 American Psychiatric Association declares homosexuality is not mental illness
1973 Pirates of Caribbean ride opens at Disneyland
1974 A's Catfish Hunter is ruled a free agent (later signs with Yankees)
1976 Argo Merchant tanker off Massachusetts' SE coast, spills 7.6 million gallons of crude when the ship runs aground
1976 Jamaica premier Manley wins elections
1978 Saint Maarten Patriotic Movement (SPM) forms under W James
1978 Test Cricket debut of Malcolm Marshall, vs India at Bangalore
1979 Deposed Shah of Iran leaves US for Panama
1979 World Court in Hague rules Iran should release all US hostages
1980 New York Yankee Dave Winfield becomes highest-paid player, 10 years $15 million
1980 Premier Queddei troops conquers Chad capital N'djamena
1980 ZBZ Sangha (now ZBZ Bodhidharma) officially registered after 5 years of administrative hassles in Warsaw
1981 NASA launches Intelsat V
1981 4th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1982 Bill Parcells becomes the 12th head coach of the New York Giants
1982 Roy Williams, Teamsters president, & 4 others convicted of bribery
1982 Spain reopens border with Gibraltar
1982 Sao Tome & Principe constitution approved
1983 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB
1983 3 Kansas City Royals suspended due to cocaine usage
1983 Last 80 US combat soldiers in Grenada withdrew
1983 Wendy Wasserstein's "Isn't It Romantic" premieres in New York NY
1984 USSR launches Vega 1 for rendezvous with Halley's Comet
1985 Sylvester Stallone & Brigitte Nielson wed
1986 Carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift
1986 CIA director William Casey suffers a cerebral seizure
1986 150 killed during race riot in Karachi Pakistan
1987 "Les Miserables" opens at Shubert Theatre, Boston
1988 Lori Davis of Long Island sues Mike Tyson for grabbing her buttocks
1990 Rocker Rod Stewart marries super model Rachel Hunter
1991 "Nick & Nora" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 9 performances
1991 Deb Richard wins JBP Cup LPGA Match Play Golf Championship
1992 Arthur Ashe is named Sports Illustrated Sportman of Year
1992 WNEW AM (1130) NYC resigns air, replaced by WBBR
1993 GATT Uruguay Round completed
1993 British premier major/Irish premier Reynolds signs Downing Street Declaration concerning Northern Ireland self determination
1993 C-130 flies into a Philippines hill & explodes, 16 killed
1993 Haitian premier Robert Malval resigns
1993 John Williams final appearance as conductor of Boston Pops
1993 Lee Aspen resigns as Secretary of Defense
1993 Y-12 crashes at Phonesavanh, Laos: 18 killed
1994 Diane Modahl banned from Athletics for Drug Use, in the UK
1994 "Tuna Christmas" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 20 performances
1994 John Bruton becomes Ireland's premier
1994 Liberia militia kills 48 inhabitants of Monrovia
1995 Playboy goes back on sale after 36 year ban in Ireland
1996 Dottie Pepper & Juli Inkster win LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches
1996 Jim Colbert & Bob Murphy win Diner's Club Senior PGA Golf Matches
1996 Tom Lehman & Duffy Waldoff win Diner's Club PGA Golf Matches
1997 San Francisco 49ers retire Joe Montana's #16

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Esperanto League : Zamenhof Day (1859)
Malaysia : Hol Al-Marhom Sultan Ibrahim of Johore
Netherlands Antilles : Kingdom Day/Statute Day (1954)
Pakistan : Quaid-i-Azam's Birthday
US : Bill of Rights Day (1791)
World : Underdog Day - - - - - ( Friday )

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Religious Observances
Christian : Commemoration of St Nio, virgin
Christian : Commemoration of St Offa of Essex, king
Christian : Commemoration of St Paul of Latros, hermit
Christian : Commemoration of St Mary di Rosa

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Religious History
1558 Dutch Anabaptist reformer Menno Simons wrote in a letter: 'Wherever there is a pulverized and penitent heart, there grace also is, and wherever there is a voluntary confession not gained by pressure, there love covereth a multitude of sins.'
1629 In England, proto_Baptist minister and founder of Rhode Island, 26_year_old Roger Williams married Mary Barnard, daughter of a Puritan clergyman. Two years later, he and his wife sailed from Bristol to Massachusetts.
1739 English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: 'My brother, entreat the Lord that I may grow in grace, and pick up the fragments of my time, that not a moment of it may be lost.'
1957 British apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'May it please the Lord that...faith unimpaired may strengthen us, contrition soften us and peace make us joyful.'
1990 More than 400 American Roman Catholic theologians charged that the Vatican had been throttling church reforms and imposing "an excessive Roman centralization." They contended that the Vatican had undercut a greater role for women, slowed the ecumenical drive for Christian unity and undermined the collegial functioning of national conferences of bishops.

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Thought for the day :
" If reality wants to get in touch with me, it knows where I am. "