Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember J.S. Bach with stories about coffee, billy goats, and pigeons' blood.
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus and the origin of the Finnish celebration of Sleepy Head Day.
Monday, July 26, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember the disestablishment of the Church of Ireland as well as a very specific disease caused by volcanoes.
Sunday, July 25, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we go to the mailbag to answer a question from a listener about the best-selling books of all time.
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember George Hensley and consider the American Holiness tradition of snake handling.
Friday, July 23, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember the particularly tragic event in the south of France known as the War of the Camisards.
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we examine the nexus between garden peas and Christianity.
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember a man who fought the Pope by posting his complaints on the door of a church (but not that one).
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we look at the Reichskonkordat signed between the Catholic Church and the Nazis in 1933.
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we look at the Reichskonkordat signed between the Catholic Church and the Nazis in 1933.
Monday, July 19, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we head back to 2001 to remember an important statement made by the Catholic Church regarding the Mormons.
Sunday, July 18, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember the Italian painter Caravaggio, who died on this day in 1610.
Saturday, July 17, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we commemorate the conversion of Charles Edward Fuller, who came to saving faith on this day in 1917.
Friday, July 16, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember Ida B. Wells, who was born on this day in 1862.
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember the capture of Jerusalem in the First Crusade, which happened on this day in 1099.
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember Samson Occom, who died on this day in 1792.
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember Henry Benedict Stuart, the Cardinal Duke of York, who died on this day in 1807.
Monday, July 12, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, passed in the French National Assembly on this day in 1790.
Sunday, July 11, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember Annie Armstrong, who was born on this day in 1850.
Saturday, July 10, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember the trial of John Thomas Scopes.
Friday, July 9, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember William Jennings Bryan’s famous “Cross of Gold” speech at the Democratic National Convention.
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we return to colonial America and remember the religious freedom granted to Rhode Island in 1663.
Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember a preacher who was once called “the father of American Democracy” Thomas Hooker (spoiler: he wasn’t).
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we remember one of the very important Thomas’ in the Early Modern world: Thomas More.
Monday, July 5, 2021
Today on the Almanac, we travel to Devil’s Island, part of the Salvation Islands, and remember the work of Charles Pean.
