This day in history May 20. 2019
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Started by metmike - May 20, 2019, 2:29 a.m.

Learn about history and pick one for us.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_20


325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.

This was pretty big for those of us who follow Church history. 


Nicene Creed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene_Creed

The Nicene Creed (Greek: Σύμβολον τῆς Νικαίας or, τῆς πίστεως, Latin: Symbolum Nicaenum) is a statement of belief widely used in Christian liturgy. It is called Nicene /ˈnsn/ because it was originally adopted in the city of Nicaea (present day İznik, Turkey) by the First Council of Nicaea in 325.[1] In 381, it was amended at the First Council of Constantinople, and the amended form is referred to as the Nicene or the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed.




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By carlberky - May 20, 2019, 7:38 a.m.
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1862 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the Homestead Act into law.

The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead. In all, more than 160 million acres (0.65 million km2; 250 thousand sq mi) of public land, or nearly 10 percent of the total area of the United States, was given away free to 1.6 million homesteaders; most of the homesteads were west of the Mississippi River. 

An extension of the homestead principle in law, the Homestead Acts were an expression of the Free Soil policy of Northerners who wanted individual farmers to own and operate their own farms, as opposed to Southern slave-owners who wanted to buy up large tracts of land and use slave labor, thereby shutting out free white farmers. 


By metmike - May 20, 2019, 12:13 p.m.
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Wow, that one is profound carl.