HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE !!!
Today is Thursday, November 28, 2013, the 332nd day of 2013; there are 33 days left.
What a wonderful day, a day set aside each year specifically set aside to Praise, Honor and Thank GOD for all He has done for us and given us !!!
Makes it kind of a special day in the work for our Lord here at
For God’s Glory Alone Ministries !!!
So, What Happened Today In 1520?
Ferdinand Magellan
After sailing through the dangerous straits below South America that now bear his name, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan enters the Pacific Ocean with three ships, becoming the first European explorer to reach the pacific from the Atlantic.
On September 29, 1519, Magellian set sail from Spain in an effort to find a western sea route to the rich Spice Islands of Indonesia. In command of five ships and 270 men, Magellan sailed to West Africa and then to Brazil, where he searched the South American coast for a strait that would take him to the Pacific. He searched the Rio de la Plata, a large estuary south of Brazil, for a way through; failing., he continued south along the coast of Patagonia. At the end of March 1520, the expedition set up winter quarters at Port St. Julian. On Easter day at midnight, the Spanish captains mutinied against their Portuguese captain, but Magellan crushed the revolt, executing one of the captains and leaving another ashore when his ship left St. Julian in August.
On October 21, he finally discovered the strait he had been seeking. The Strait of Magellan, as it became known, is located near the tip of South America, separating Tierra del Fuego and the continental mainland. Only three ships entered the passage; one had been wrecked and another deserted. It took 38 days to navigate the treacherous strait, and when ocean was sighted at the other end Magellan wept with joy. His fleet accomplished the westward crossing of the ocean in 99 days, crossing waters so strangely calm that the ocean was named “Pacific,” from the Latin word pacificus, meaning “tranquil.” By the end, the men were out of food and chewed the leather parts of their gear to keep themselves alive. On March 6, 1521, the expedition landed at the island of Guam.
Ten days later, they dropped anchor at the Philippine island of Cebu – they were only about 400 miles from the Spice Islands. Magellan met the chief of Cebu, who after converting to Christianity persuaded the Europeans to assist him in conquering a rival tribe on the neighboring island of Mactan. In fighting on April 27, Magellan was hit by a poisoned arrow and left to die by his retreating comrades.
After Magellan’s death, the survivors, in two ships, sailed on the Moluccas and loaded the hulls with spice. One ship attempted, unsuccessfully, to return across the Pacific. The other ship, the Vittoria, continued west under the command of Basque navigator Juan Sebastian de Elcano. The vessel sailed across the Indian Ocean, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and arrived at the Spanish port of Sanlucar de Barrameda on September 6, 1522, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the globe.
Other Memorable Or Interesting Events Occurred On This Day In History:
1340 – Battle of Salado Spain which was the last Moorish invasion is beaten back;
1729 – Natchez Indians massacre most of 300 French settlers & soldiers at Fort Rosalie Louisiana;
1775 – 2nd Continental Congress formally establishes U.S. Navy;
1814 – ‘The Times Of London’ for the first time is printed by automatic steam-powered presses beginning availability of mass audience newspapers;
1821 – Panama declares independence from Spain;
1861 – Confederate Congress admitted Missouri as the 12th state of the Confederacy;
1862 – Civil War Union troops under General J Blunt drive Confederates under General J Marmaduke back in to the Boston Mountains in Arkansas;
1916 – 1st German air attack occurs on London;
1925 – Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville Tennessee;
1929 – Admiral Richard Byrd makes 1st south pole flight;
1932 – Groucho Marx performs his 1st radio broadcast;
1935 – German Reich declares all men ages 18 to 45 as army reservists;
1943 – President Franklin D Roosevelt joins British Prime Minister Winston Churchill & Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in Iran to discuss strategies to win World War II;
1948 – 1st Polaroid camera is sold;
1964 – Mariner 4, 1st probe to fly to mars, is launched;
1964 – President Johnson’s top advisors – Maxwell Taylor, Dean Rusk & Robert McNamara agree to recommend the adoption of a two stage bombing escalation in North Vietnam;
1964 – ‘Leader of the Pack’ by Shangri-Las reaches #1 hit;
1979 – New Zealand sightseeing plane crashes flying over Antarctica killing all 257 people aboard;
1994 – Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer serving 15 consecutive life sentences is beaten to death in prison by a fellow inmate;
1995 – President Clinton signs bill that ends 55 mph national speed limit.
Today’s Inspirational Thought For The Day:
“Heaven is full of answers to prayers for which no one ever bothered to ask.” – Billy Graham
Today’s Silly Sign:
(in a London department store) BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS
Today’s Quote:
“Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in spring time.” – Martin Luther
Today’s Funny Perk For The ‘Over-Sixties’:
Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather service!
Today’s Inspiration:
If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one. – Mother Teresa
Today’s Happy Picture:
Today’s Inspirational, (and Happy), Picture:
WISHING EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING & Until Tomorrow – God Bless To All !!!