Once Upon A Time – March 6 – 2018 – World’s Oldest Message In A Bottle Found In Western Australia, Thrown From German Ship 132 Years Ago

1479 Treaty of Alcaçovas: Portugal gives the Canary Islands to Castile in exchange for claims in West Africa

1830 The New York Evangelist is founded with the assistance of Charles G. Finney for the express purpose of representing revival interests and will soon command a large circulation.

1836 Battle of the Alamo: After 13 days of fighting 1,500-3,000 Mexican soldiers overwhelm the Texan defenders, killing 182-257 Texans including William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett

1857 Dred Scott Decision: US Supreme Court rules Africans cannot be US citizens

1869 Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table of the elements to the Russian Chemical Society

1883 Norwegian editor and hymnwriter, Elevine Heede passes on. Altogether she had written or translated more than two hundred hymns.

1899 “Aspirin” (acetylsalicylic acid) patented by Felix Hoffmann at German company Bayer

1901 Amy Carmichael, serving as a missionary in India, shelters her first temple runaway, a young girl dedicated to the Hindu gods and forced into prostitution to earn money for the priests.

Historical Events Today
Today in Film & TV
1981 Walter Cronkite signs off as anchorman of “CBS Evening News”

Today in Music
1853 Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “La Traviata” premieres at Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy

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2018 World’s oldest message in a bottle found in Western Australia, thrown from German ship Paula 132 years ago (12 June 1886)