Moments in Time – February 8, 2023
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On Feb. 25, 1570, Pope Pius V declared England’s Queen Elizabeth I a heretic and excommunicated her from the Roman Catholic Church by way of a papal bull releasing ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – February 1, 2023
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On Feb. 19, 1473, Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Poland to a prosperous merchant family. Originally designed for a career in church law, he is considered the father ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – January 25, 2023
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On Feb. 10, 1535, notwithstanding the winter chill and in a form of protest that was, unsurprisingly, ridiculed by both Protestants and Catholics, a small group of Anabaptists ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – January 18, 2023
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On Jan. 30, 1661, Oliver Cromwell was ritually executed. That is, his corpse was. The former Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England was posthumously convicted ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – January 11, 2023
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On Jan. 25, 1533, England’s King Henry VIII secretly married Anne Boleyn. The bride was pregnant with the future Queen Elizabeth I, and the ceremony took place ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – January 4, 2022
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On Jan. 16, 1547, Ivan IV Vasilyevich (aka “Ivan the Terrible”) crowned himself the first czar of Moscow. But was that nickname really deserved? Yes and no: “Terrible” ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – December 28, 2022
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On Jan. 9, 1859, Carrie Lane (later Catt) entered the world in Ripon, Wisconsin. A staunch women’s suffragist and peace advocate, she founded the League of Women ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – December 21, 2022
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On Jan. 5, 1914, Henry Ford introduced a revolutionary pay deal of $5 per day wages for all of his employees. When asked about it, he told reporters that he wanted his ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – December 14, 2022
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On Dec. 28, 1900, Mrs. Lulu Jenkins, of Chicago, was paid $4,000 in compensation for the lynching of her husband in Ripley County, Indiana. Mr. Jenkins allegedly was involved ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – December 7, 2022
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On Dec. 23, 1672, Italian astronomer, mathematician and engineer Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovered Rhea (originally christened Sidera Lodoicea), the second largest ... Continue Reading →
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