Good Morning and God Bless To Everyone !!!
Today is December 15, the 349th day of 2013 and there are 16 days left this year.
It is another blessed day to be performing the Lord’s work here at:
For God’s Glory Alone Ministries !!!
It’s still a little early out at 3:30 a.m. as I prepare today’s history for you in order that I may get to my blessed church in time for services today but it’s a nippy 26 degrees outside, (and pleased to let you know, I’m inside!), and the windchill is a brisk 16 degrees. We’re suppose to have another high today just under 40 degrees again and a bright beautiful sun provided courtesy or our Lord.
So, What Happened Today In 1998:
U.S. House of Representatives Recommends Impeaching President William (Bill) J. Clinton
On this day in 1998, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on the Judiciary releases a 265-page report recommending the impeachment of President Bill Clinton for high crimes and misdemeanors.
The subsequent impeachment proceedings were the culmination of a slew of scandals involving the president and first lady Hillary Clinton. The Clintons were suspected of arranging improper real-estate deals, fundraising violations and cronyism in involving the firing of White House travel agents. Added to the mix were stories of Clinton’s extra-marital affairs and a sexual harassment claim filed against him. An independent counsel, Kenneth Starr, was appointed to investigate the Paula Jones sexual harassment case; the ensuing investigation led Starr to Monica Lewinsky, a former White House intern who had been accused of having an affair with Clinton. In early 1998, the Lewinsky scandal broke to the press and Clinton vehemently denied the affair. A year of federal grand jury testimony from various individuals in both camps followed, while Clinton continued to refute the allegations and invoked executive privilege when subpoenaed in August 1998.
Clinton’s attempt to cover up the affair, which he later admitted to and apologized for, prompted incensed House Republican leaders to pass Resolution No. 611 on December 15, 1998. The resolution launched the impeachment process for high crimes and misdemeanors, including perjury and obstruction of justice. The report accused Clinton of concealing evidence, giving misleading testimony and influencing witnesses. In the opinion of the majority of the House, Clinton’s actions “undermined the integrity of his office.” Democratic leaders also disapproved of Clinton’s conduct but preferred to formally censure the president over impeachment.
After heated debate, the Republican-dominated House of Representatives voted to impeach Clinton on December 19. On January 7, 1999, the impeachment trial began in the Senate–it was the first such trial since President Andrew Johnson was accused of illegally removing the secretary of war from office and violating several Congressional acts in 1868. Like Johnson, Clinton was acquitted on February 12, 1999.
Other Memorable Or Interesting Events Occurring On This Day In History:
1791 – U.S. Bill of Rights becomes law when Virginia becomes the last state to ratify it;
1864 – The once powerful Confederate Army of Tennessee is nearly destroyed when union troops swarm over the rebel trenches in the Civil war Battle of Nashville;
1877 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph;
1890 – Sioux Indian Chief & Holy man ‘Sitting Bull’ is killed by Indian police at the Standing Rock reservation in South Dakota;
1896 – Stephen M Balzer patents the 1st ‘rotary-engine’. Although never mass-produced, his gasoline powered motor buggy is on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.;
1915 – British forces in WWII begin a full retreat when they start the evacuation of Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey;
1938 – Groundbreaking begins for Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C.;
1944 – Hizbuallah (Arm Forces for Allah) forms;
1944 – Legendary bandleader Glenn Miller disappears over the English channel in WWII. Miller’s plane was never found & his official military status today is ‘missing in action’;
1945 – General Douglas MacArthur orders end of Shinto as Japanese state religion;
1961 – Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi SS officer who organized Adolf Hitler’s “Final solution of the Jewish Question” is condemned to death by an Israeli war crimes tribunal in Tel Aviv;
1965 -U.S. bombers strike industrial targets in North Vietnam knocking out a power plant supplying 15% of the North’s total power production;
1969 – President Nixon announces additional 50,000 troop withdrawal from South Vietnam by April 15, 1970;
1978 – U.S. announces that it will recognize communist China;
1979 – Deposed Shah of Iran leaves for Panama;
1983 – Last U.S. combat troops leave the island of Grenada;
1998 – Heavy rains in Venezuela cause massive flooding & mudslides killing thousands & leaving another 350,000 homeless;
2001 – Leaning Tower of Piza reopens in Italy after 11 years following $27 million in repairs;
2011 – According to the U.S. Census, 1 in 2 Americans are considered ‘low income’ or ‘poor’.
Today’s Crazy ?:
Can bald people have a ‘hairline fracture’?
Today’s Inspirational Music Video:
Agnus Dei: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVFzxazTQNM
Today’s Quote:
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
Today’s ‘When a soldier comes home’:
He finds it hard to keep a straight face when people complain about potholes !
Today’s Word Of The Day:
Ludicrous is an adjective used to describe something so absurd that it provokes laughs and mockery. One synonym is ridiculous.
Today’s Quote:
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process. – President Kennedy
Today’s Christian Thought:
God has no Facebook but I’m still his friend; God has no phone but I still talk to him; God has no twitter but I still follow him.
Today’s Christian Joke:
Q: Did you know that they had automobiles in Jesus’ time?
A: Yes, the Bible says that the disciples were all of one Accord.
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UNTIL TOMORROW – GOD BLESS TO ALL !!!
