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God's preferential option for the poor and oppressed, with salvation as liberation from all forms of oppression.
Key question: “How does the Gospel liberate the oppressed and challenge unjust structures in society?”
25,092 sermon illustrations through the Liberation Theology lens
11/22 (1307): Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae which instructed all Christian monarchs in Europe to arrest all Templars and seize their assets.
11/1 (1848): In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light.
10/31 (1943): World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.
6/19 (1990): The Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic is founded in Moscow.
7/4 (2009): The first of four days of bombings begins on the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao.
Arthur Phillip decides that Port Jackson is a more suitable location for a colony.
11/9 (1967): Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft, atop the first Saturn V rocket, from Florida's Cape Kennedy.
6/6 (1862): American Civil War: The First Battle of Memphis, a naval engagement fought on the Mississippi River, results in the capture of Memphis, Tennessee by Union forces from the Confederates.
4/22 (1945): World War II: Sachsenhausen concentration camp is liberated by soldiers of the Red Army and Polish First Army.
1/1 (1902): The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
9/11 (1903): The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.