Good Morning & God Bless Everyone !!!
Today is December 30, the 364th day of 2013 and there is 1 day left this year in which we are blessed to be at work for our Lord here at:
For God’s Glory Alone Ministries !!!
So, What Happened Today In 1922:
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic’s (USSR) is established. 
In post-revolutionary Russia, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) is established, comprising a confederation of Russia, Belorussia, Ukraine, & the Transcaucasian Federation (divided in 1936 into the Georgian, Azerbaijan, and Armenian republics). Also known as the Soviet Union, the new communist state was the successor to the Russian Empire & the first country in the world to be based on Marxist socialism.
During the Russian Revolution of 1917 & subsequent three-year Russian Civil War, the Bolshevik Party under Vladimir Lenin dominated the soviet forces, a coalition of workers’ & soldiers’ committees that called for the establishment of a socialist state in the former Russian Empire. In the USSR, all levels of government were controlled by the Communist Party, & the party’s politburo, with its increasingly powerful general secretary, effectively ruled the country. Soviet industry was owned & managed by the state, & agricultural land was divided into state-run collective farms.
In the decades after it was established, the Russian-dominated Soviet Union grew into one of the world’s most powerful and influential states & eventually encompassed 15 republics–Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Latvia, Lithuania, & Estonia. In 1991, the Soviet Union was dissolved following the collapse of its communist government.
Other Memorable Or Interesting Events Occurring On December 30 In History:
1460 – In the War of the Roses, the Duke of York is defeated & killed by Lancastrians at the Battle of Wakefield in England;
1803 – The United States takes possession of the Louisiana area from France at New Orleans in a simple ceremony;
1803 – Francis Lewis, signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies in New York City at the age of 90;
1853 – James Gadsden, the U.S. minister to Mexico, & General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the president of Mexico, sign the Gadsden Purchase in Mexico City. The treaty settled the dispute over the location of the Mexican border west of El Paso Texas, & established the final boundaries of the southern United States. For the price of $15 million, later reduced to $10 million, the United States acquired approximately 30,000 square miles of land in what is now southern New Mexico & Arizona;
1860 – 10 days after South Carolina seceded from the Union, the state militia seized the United States Arsenal at Charleston;
1861 – Banks in the United States suspend the practice of redeeming paper money for metal currency, a practice that would continue until 1879;
1862 – One of the 1st Ironclad ships, the USS Monitor, sinks in a heavy storm off Cape Hatteras North Carolina;
1884 – Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan in WWII is born in Tokyo;
1903 – Fire in the Iroquois Theater in Chicago Illinois kills more than 600;
1905 – Targeted for his role in quelling a minors’ strike in 1899, former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg is wounded by a powerful bomb that is triggered when he opens the gate to his home in Caldwell Idaho. He died from his injuries shortly afterwards in his own bed;
1916 – Grigory Rasputin, a self-fashioned Russian holy man, is murdered by Russian nobles eager to end his sway over the Royal family;
1932 – Soviet Union bars food handouts for housewives under 36 years of age who must now work to eat;
1936 – The United Auto Workers Union, (UAW), staged it’s 1st “sit down” strike at the General Motors Fisher Body Plant No. 1 in Flint Michigan which lasted until February 11, 1937;
1950 – In a fiery statement, Secretary of State Dean Acheson declares that the United States will increase its efforts to contain communist aggression & calls upon the American people for support & sacrifice;
1959 – USS George Washington, the 1st ballistic missile submarine is commissioned;
1965 – Former Philippine Senate President, Ferdinand Marcos is inaugurated President of the Southeast Asian archipelago nation. Marcos’ regime would span 20 years & become increasingly authoritarian & corrupt;
1970 – The South Vietnamese Navy receives 125 U.S. vessels in a ceremony marking the end of the U.S. Navy’s four-year role in inland waterway combat. This brings the total number of vessels turned over to the South Vietnamese Navy to 650. About 17,000 Americans remained with the South Vietnamese Navy in shore positions & as advisers aboard South Vietnamese vessels. The transfer of inland waterway combat responsibility was part of President Nixon’s Vietnamization program, in which the war effort was transferred to the South Vietnam so U.S. troops could be withdrawn;
1972 – In the Vietnam War, Washington D.C. announces that the Paris peace talks between North Vietnam negotiator Le Duc Tho & National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger will resume on January 2nd;
1993 – Vatican officially recognizes Israel;
1994 – Anti-Abortion activist John Salvi III walks into two separate abortion clinics in Brookline Massachusetts & shoots workers killing two receptionists & wounding 5 other employees. He was captured the next day after firing 23 shots at a Norfolk Virginia medical clinic;
2008 – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a law extending presidential terms from 4 to 6 years;
2008 – Israeli aircraft continue a relentless string of attacks on Hamas-ruled Gaza smashing a government complex, security installations and the home of a top militant commander.
Now We’re Off To The Fun Stuff:
Today’s Thought For The Day:
“Work is a dull thing; you cannot get away from that. The only agreeable existence is one of idleness, & that is not, unfortunately, always compatible with continuing to exist at all.” — Rose Macaulay, English poet & essayist
Today’s Christian Music Video:
Natalie Grant – Breathe On Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe3Xxw91sgE
Today’s Word Of The Day:
Ostracize – means to exclude someone from society or from any group of people. It comes from the Greek ostrakízein, which was the practice of banishing citizens by popular vote.
Today’s I Didn’t Realize How Big I Was Doggie:
Just how do you hide treats from this guy? 
Today’s ‘Yes, it really is still a law!’:
In Kansas: If two trains meet on the same track, neither shall proceed until the other has passed.
Today’s Silly ?/Thought:
Can you cry underwater?
Today’s Silly Sign: 
Today’s Patriotic Quote:
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” — Abraham Lincoln
Today’s Christian Thought:
Major in the grace of God. Focus on the cross of Christ. Grow fluent in the language of redemption. Linger long at the foot of the cross. Immerse yourself in the curriculum of grace.
Today’s Christian Image: 
Until Tomorrow – GOD BLESS TO EVERYONE !!!
