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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
5/1 (1978): Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
7/20 (1917): World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
They performed ten lunar orbits, took the Earthrise photograph, broadcast live TV pictures, and read the first ten verses of Genesis.
5/8 (1976): The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
11/22 (1718): Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard attacks and boards the vessels of the British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") off the coast of North Carolina. The casualties on both sides include Maynard's first officer Mister Hyde and Teach himself.
7/14 (1853): Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
3/15 (1907): The first parliamentary elections of Finland (at the time the Grand Duchy of Finland) are held.
11/9 (2011): The first national test of the Emergency Alert System is activated in the United States at 2:00 p.m.
1/20 (2009): Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, becoming the first African-American President of the United States.
8/6 (1991): Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.