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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?”
23,235 sermon illustrations through the Liberation Theology lens
1/20 (2001): President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent four-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
1/15 (2005): ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
4/1 (1572): In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
1/15 (1967): The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.
6/19 (1978): Garfield's first comic strip, originally published locally as Jon in 1976, goes into nationwide syndication.
Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
1/1 (1739): Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island, is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
1/1 (1985): The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
6/19 (1990): The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
1/20 (1945): World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
7/14 (1790): Inaugural Fête de la Fédération is held to celebrate the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation.
5/1 (1844): Hong Kong Police Force, the world's second modern police force and Asia's first, is established.
11/22 (1574): Spanish navigator Juan Fernández discovers islands now known as the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile.
7/4 (1855): The first edition of Walt Whitman's book of poems, Leaves of Grass, is published in Brooklyn.
11/9 (1936): American fashion designer Ruth Harkness encounters and captures a nine-week-old panda cub in Sichuan; it becomes the first live giant panda to enter the United States.
11/11 (1813): War of 1812: Battle of Crysler's Farm: British and Canadian forces defeat a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign.
1/1 (1502): The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is first explored by the Portuguese.
12/25 (1989): Romanian Revolution: Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.