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1992 Bible Lands Museum opens in Jerusalem, Israel

1988 Alan Bible, Senator-D-Nevada, 1954 - 1974, dies at 78

1978 Gutenberg Bible, 1 of 21, sells for $2.4 million, London

1978 Guttenberg bible sold for $2,000,000 in New York City

1977 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga

1970 New American Bible published

1970 New English Bible published

1969 Harry Emerson Fosdick, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice, supported appeasement of Hitler, claimed democracies caused the rise of fascism, wrote "A Guide to Understanding the Bible', died in Bronxville, New York

1963 Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools

1952 New Dutch bible translation finished

1948 Charles Fillmore, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, mystic, co-founder, Unity, a New Thought movement church, created metaphysical interpretations of the Bible, promoted idea that God is good, God is available, God is in you, wrote, 'The Twelve Powers of Man', dies

1926 George C Scott, Wise, Virginia, actor, Patton, Bible, Taps, Hardcore

1910 George D Kilpatrick, Canadian/British bible scholar

1909 Alan Bible, born in Lovelock, Nevada, Senator-D-Nevada, 1954 - 1974

1908 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room

1884 Jan T Beelen, Netherlands/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77

1883 Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian bible expert

1878 Felix M Abel, French bible scholar, Jerusalem Nouvelle

1878 Harry Emerson Fosdick, born in Buffalo, New York, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice, supported appeasement of Hitler, claimed democracies caused the rise of fascism, wrote "A Guide to Understanding the Bible'

1866 Mary Baker Eddy cures her injuries by opening a bible

1854 Charles Fillmore, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, mystic, co-founder, Unity, a New Thought movement church, created metaphysical interpretations of the Bible, promoted idea that God is good, God is available, God is in you, wrote, 'The Twelve Powers of Man'

1834 Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies

1830 Rudolf Cornely, German bible expert/jesuit

1816 American Bible Society forms in New York

1816 American Bible Society organized in New York

1807 Jan T Beelen, Dutch/Belgian bible expert

1759 Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages

1729 Moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator

1701 Alexander Cruden, compiler of a concordance to King James Bible

1680 Jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41

1680 John Swammerdam, anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 43

1656 James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76

1637 John Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist, Bible of Nature

1604 John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized

1581 James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, gave age to Earth based on bible

1573 Jacques Bonfrere, Dutch bible expert

1569 Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80

1568 Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80

1536 King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church

1535 1st full English translation of the Bible printed in Switzerland

1483 Rabbi Issac Abarbanel starts his exegesis on Bible

1457 Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book

1455 Johannes Gutenberg prints 1st book, Bible (estimated date)

1452 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible

1384 John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies


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