Today in Religion

Throughout the centuries the first day of the year has moved around. The Roman empire named the first month after Janus the god of beginnings. […]

For the first time, in 1907, a ball drops at Times Square to signal the New Year. In 1904 people started to celebrate the start […]

In 1896, the Spanish executed Filipino nationalist Jose Rizal by firing squad in Manila. Born to a prosperous landowner, Jose Rizal received a good education. […]

In 1170, four knights assassinated the English Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket before the high altar of Canterbury Cathedral. Born to a well-connected man, Thomas […]

In 1895, the Lumiere brothers held the first commercial film screening at Salon Indien du Grand Café, Paris. Considered the first filmmakers, Louis and Auguste […]

HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin on board departs England for a survey of South America in 1831. Born to a family of scientists, Charles Darwin […]

George Washington defeats Hessians at the Battle of Trenton in the American Revolutionary War in 1776. Just when the British thought they had won the […]

St Francis of Assisi assembled the first Nativity scene in Greccio, Italy in 1223. “I want to do something that will recall the memory of […]

In 1777, Captain James Cook discovered an island. He decided to call it Christmas Island because they found it on Christmas Eve and celebrated Christmas […]

Called “The Day of the Dagger ” King Henry III had his guards assassinate Henri I, Duke of Guise, leader of the Catholic League at […]