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Here I desire to impress upon the minds of my clerical brethren the important fact, that the gospel histories of Christ were written by men who had formerly been Jews (see Acts xxi. 20), and probably possessing the strong proclivity to imitate and borrow which their bible shows was characteristic of that nation ; and being written many years after Christ's death, according to that standard ...
Gay rights activist. Technical Sergeant Leonard Phillip Matlovich (July 6, 1943 – June 22, 1988) [ 1] was an American Vietnam War veteran, race relations instructor, and recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. [ 2] He was the first gay service member to purposely out himself to the military to fight their ban on gays, and perhaps ...
December 25: Christmas (Western Christianity; Gregorian calendar); Quaid-e-Azam Day in Pakistan. Halley's Comet. AD 36 – After the death of Emperor Gongsun Shu of Chengjia, the empire was conquered by the Eastern Han dynasty. 1758 – Based on predictions by Edmond Halley in 1705, Johann Georg Palitzsch observed a comet that was later named ...
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“You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.” — Bob Hope “Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.” —Tom Wilson
Date. 17–23 December. Saturnalia is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December of the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities through 19 December. By the 1st century B.C., the celebration had been extended through 23 December, for a total of seven days of festivities. [ 1]
Blades was born in Brent, North London [7] and raised in Hackney, East London with his mother and maternal half-brother. [8] [6] As an adult he learned that his father had 25 other children, from different mothers, in a number of different countries. [6]
Born. c. 1710. African continent (around present-day Liberia and Benin) Died. December 1790. ( 1791-01) (aged 80) Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. Thomas Fuller (1710 – December 1790), also known as "Negro Demus" and the "Virginia Calculator", was an enslaved African renowned for his mathematical abilities.