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Jan 18 - Final Session of Trent Opens
Season 1 Episode 18
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The final session of the Council of Trent opened today in 1562. This would define Catholicism for the next four hundred years, a sadl…
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Jan 17 - Baptising Children in Switzerland
Season 1 Episode 17
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Today in 1525, the Zurich City Council arranged a public debate between Ulrich Zwingli and the Anabaptists who were opposed to infant…
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Jan 16 - The Medici become the Popes Bankers
Season 1 Episode 16
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Its 1412, The church is divided into three claims to the papacy, and the Medici become the Pope's bankers and one of the most powerfu…
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Jan 15 James Naismith invents Basketball
Season 1 Episode 15
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Today in 1892 chaplain and teacher James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball at the Springfield YMCA in Massachusetts. This i…
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Jan 7 - Galileo's Moons cause a revolution
Season 1 Episode 7
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Today in 1610 Galileo Galilei observed 4 moons of Jupiter. This observation changed the way we understood the universe and led to con…
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Jan 8 - Gauchito Gil, Argentinas folk saint
Season 1 Episode 8
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Today's episode looks at the curious phenomenon of Gauchito Gill killed today in1878. With his roadside shrines all over Argentina, h…
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Jan 9 - The Black Nazarene
Season 1 Episode 9
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Today millions of Phillipinos accompany a 7km procession of a statue of Christ carrying his cross in Manila. It lasts up to 22 hours …
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Jan 10- Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II
Season 1 Episode 10
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On the 10th of January 1984, The United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations for the first time in 117 years.…
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Jan 11 - The Danish Bishop who was the father of Geology
Season 1 Episode 11
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Today the 11th of January we remember the Danish Bishop and pioneer in anatomy and geology Nicholas Steno, who was born today (accord…
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Jan 12 - Digging Up the Bible
Season 1 Episode 12
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Today in 1897 saw the discovery of some half a million papyrus fragments in a remarkable archeological discovery in Egypt. This incre…
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