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Sep 7 The Jos Riots

Today we travel to central Nigeria where in the city of Jos terrible riots began today between Christians and Muslims. They were to last...

Sep 8, 20214 min read

Sep 3 The Heliand - Old Norse Epic Poem about the life of Christ

Today in 1830 the first complete edition of the Heliand was published by Johann Andreas Schmeller. This was a ninth century epic poem...

Aug 14, 20214 min read

Aug 13 James Joyce, Faith and Ulysees

We travel to 1903 Dublin , Ireland were the Irish novelist and poet, James Joyce returned to Ireland from studies in Paris when his...

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July 17 China, Matteo Ricci and the Oldest Newspaper

Ying Lianzhi, a Catholic Manchu aristocrat, founded a newspaper, today, in 1902 in order to, "help China become a modern and democratic...

Jun 4, 20213 min read

June 4 Silencing Prayer in Schools

A landmark case that started in 1982 found that it was not allowed to have a minutes silence in Alabama Schools. Bitterly fought it went...

Jan 31, 20213 min read

Jan 29 - Martin Luther's Wife

Today in 1552 Katharina von Bora was born, she became known as the ‘Lutheress’ because at the age of 26 she was to marry the reformer...

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