2014 Event Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans held in North Korea for crimes against the state, has been released; Fowle was accused of leaving a Bible in a club for mariners 2014 Event Two Americans, Jeffrey Edward Fowle and Matthew Todd Miller, are to be charged in North Korea with unspecified crimes; Fowle is accused of leaving a Bible in his hotel room, and Miller allegedly asked for asylum after destroying his visa 1992 Event Bible Lands Museum opens in Jerusalem, Israel 1988 Death Alan Bible, Senator-D-Nevada, 1954 - 1974, dies at 78 1978 Event Gutenberg Bible, 1 of 21, sells for $2.4 million, London 1978 Event Guttenberg bible sold for $2,000,000 in New York City 1977 Event 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga 1970 Event New American Bible published 1970 Event New English Bible published 1969 Death 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 Event Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools 1952 Event New Dutch bible translation finished 1948 Death 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 Birthday George C Scott, Wise, Virginia, actor, Patton, Bible, Taps, Hardcore 1910 Birthday George D Kilpatrick, Canadian/British bible scholar 1909 Birthday Alan Bible, born in Lovelock, Nevada, Senator-D-Nevada, 1954 - 1974 1908 Event 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room 1884 Death Jan T Beelen, Netherlands/Belgian catholic bible expert, dies at 77 1883 Birthday Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian bible expert 1878 Birthday Felix M Abel, French bible scholar, Jerusalem Nouvelle 1878 Birthday 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' 1854 Birthday 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 Death Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies 1830 Birthday Rudolf Cornely, German bible expert/jesuit 1816 Event American Bible Society forms in New York 1816 Event American Bible Society organized in New York 1807 Birthday Jan T Beelen, Dutch/Belgian bible expert 1759 Event Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages 1729 Birthday Moses Mendelssohn, philosopher/critic/Bible translator 1701 Birthday Alexander Cruden, compiler of a concordance to King James Bible 1680 Death Jan Swammerdam, Dutch entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 41 1680 Death John Swammerdam, anatomist/entomologist (Bible of Nature), dies at 43 1656 Death James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, dies at 76 1637 Birthday John Swammerdam, Dutch anatomist/entomologist, Bible of Nature 1604 Birthday John Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized 1581 Birthday James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, gave age to Earth based on bible 1573 Birthday Jacques Bonfrere, Dutch bible expert 1569 Death Miles Coverdale, English bible translator Great bible, dies at 80 1568 Death Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80 1536 Event King Henry VIII, orders bible be placed in every church 1535 Event 1st full English translation of the Bible printed in Switzerland 1483 Event Rabbi Issac Abarbanel starts his exegesis on Bible 1457 Event Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book 1455 Event Johannes Gutenberg prints 1st book, Bible (estimated date) 1452 Event 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible 1384 Death John Wycliffe, English religious reformer/bible translator, dies
