1980 — Ruby and I say “I do” and were declared Mr. & Mrs. Mark Roth, which we still are.
Meanwhile, in other August 1 “news” you may have forgotten….
1492 — Spain drives out its Jews.
1619 — Jamestown, Virginia “welcomes” their first African slaves.
1774 — The element oxygen is discovered for the third (and last) time. Huh?!
1834 — Slavery is abolished in the British Empire.
1876 — Colorado becomes the 38th US state.
1902 — France sells the United States the rights to the Panama Canal.
1914 — Germany declares war on Russia at the opening of World War I.
1941 — The first Jeep rolls off the assembly line.
1944 — Anne Frank makes the last entry in her diary.
1966 — Charles Whitman kills 15 people at The University of Texas at Austin.
1967 — Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
1988 — Rush Limbaugh hits the national airwaves with his radio show.
2008 — George W. Bush is still President of the United States, so he signs a sweeping global AIDS relief bill that includes language repealing the US ban on HIV-positive foreign visitors and immigrants.
2009 — At 10:46 pm I spotted some friends who also attend our home congregation! If it weren’t so late, I’d make it a separate post here. The lady in the foreground is ITF‘s sister Hope! I’ve eaten in that café — I even posted about it last month.
Congratulations! It is always a blessing and testimony to hear of others’ who have stayed faithfully married for a long time. Thank you both for believing on the Lord and for your testimony.