| 1563 | The Edict of Amboise granted a limited amount of freedom to French Protestants, thereby ending the First Huguenot War. |
| 1641 | A General Court ended which declared the Colony of Rhode Island a democracy. The Court also adopted a constitution granting religious freedom to all its citizens. |
| 1937 | Pius XI declared in the encyclical "Divini redemptoris": 'There would be neither Socialism nor Communism today if the rulers of the nations had not scorned the teachings and material warnings of the Church.' |
| 1944 | German Lutheran pastor and Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in a letter: 'We can have abundant life, even though many wishes remain unfulfilled.' |
| 1987 | Jim Bakker, 48, stepped down as head of the PTL ministry amid disclosures of a 1980 sexual liaison with church secretary Jessica Hahn. |
© 1987-2001, William D. Blake. Used by permission of the author, from
Almanac of the Christian Church |
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