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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
10/31 (1822): Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire.
10/12 (1279): The Nichiren Shōshū branch of Buddhism is founded in Japan.
6/6 (1844): The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
10/12 (1773): America's first insane asylum opens.
10/12 (1849): The city of Manizales, Colombia, is founded by 'The Expedition of the 20'.
4/22 (2016): The Paris Agreement is signed, an agreement to help fight global warming.
1/1 (153): For the first time, Roman consuls begin their year in office on January 1.
3/15 (1990): Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
11/1 (1570): The All Saints' Flood devastates the Dutch coast.
6/6 (1933): The first drive-in theater opens in Camden, New Jersey.
10/12 (1928): An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Boston Children's Hospital.
1/1 (1965): The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan.
1/15 (1911): Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
9/11 (1758): Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
12/25 (1809): Dr. Ephraim McDowell performs the first ovariotomy, removing a 22-pound tumor.
6/19 (1910): The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
11/1 (1979): Griselda Álvarez becomes the first female governor of a state of Mexico.
12/25 (2021): The James Webb Space Telescope is launched.
8/6 (1926): Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
8/6 (1861): Britain imposes the Lagos Treaty of Cession to suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
9/11 (1789): Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
7/4 (1997): NASA's Pathfinder space probe lands on the surface of Mars.