1950 HT: Dan Graves IN DECEMBER 1941 Mitsuo Fuchida led the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. When he sent up a green flare, the bombers accompanying him knew it was the moment to attack. When his plane radioed “Tora, Tora, Tora,” the Japanese knew the air attack had achieved complete surprise. For the duration of…
1742 HT: Dan Graves At twelve noon, on this date, April 13, 1742, the world first heard the lovely overture, memorable arias and majestic choruses of the most famous oratorio ever written. There has not been a year since then that George Frederick Handel‘s Messiah has not been performed in concert halls around the world. Usually it appears…
1833 HT: Dan Graves IN HIS FIRST PARISH, Rowland Hill offended some farmers by comparing them to their pigs. Just as their pigs never gave a single look at the oak tree that dropped acorns for them, he said, so they never gave a look to the One who provided their blessings. Plain talk like this earned…