404: The
last gladitorial match was fought in the Roman Coliseum.
439: The
Theodosian Code went into effect...created by Emperor
Theodosius II, it was the first "Christian standard" of
justice for the Roam Empire.
1545: Bishop
Hugh Latimer presented Henry VIII with a Bible marked at the
verse: "Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled:
but whoremongers & adulterers God will judge."....the King
was not amused, and Latimer was later burned at the stake.
1780:
Pioneer Methodist bishop and circuit rider Francis Asbury
wrote in his journal: 'My God, keep me through the water and
fire, and let me rather die than live to sin against thee!'
1802:
Thomas Jefferson, in a letter written to the Danbury [CT]
Baptist Association, coined the metaphor, "a wall of
separation between Church and State." From 1947, the "wall
of separation" concept gained acceptance as a constitutional
guideline. (The "wall of separation" metaphor is
not found
in the U.S Constitution itself - RJ)
[Jefferson's intention was to
protect the church from government control, not
to protect the public from the church. Berit]
1947: HAPPY
NEW YEAR, YOU'RE A CANADIAN... Ottawa Ontario - Canadian
Citizenship Act comes into effect, officially creating
Canadian citizens; Canadian citizenship is paramount to
being a British subject.
1959:
Communist Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory
over Fulgencio Batista.1993:
Czechoslovakia split into two new nations: the Czech
Republic and Slovakia.
1994: Canada
- North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA) goes into
effect, creating a potential tariff free zone in Canada, the
US and Mexico.
This list
was compiled and sent to us by Robert A. Jason [at
bobeva@vaxxine.com]
this morning, January 1, 2008.
