Daily Prayer - February 19 2023Feb 19, 2023
On February 19, 1945, naturalist Bruce Stanley Wright wrote a report describing how an unknown number of Japanese soldiers died trying to cross a mangrove swamp off the Burmese coast (Ramree Island) rather than surrender to the British Read more
Daily Prayer - February 17 2023Feb 17, 2023
Michael Webb and his son, also named Michael, discovered what came to be known as the Derrynaflan Hoard in Tipperary on February 17, 1980 Read more
Daily Prayer - February 16 2023Feb 16, 2023
Howard Carter, an English archaeologist, unsealed the burial chamber of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun on February 16, 1923. Read more
Daily Prayer - February 13 2023Feb 13, 2023
Curtis Sliwa formed a group called the Guardian Angels on February 13, 1979, to patrol the New York City subway system to act as a deterrent to troublemakers and reassurance to other passengers. Read more
Daily Prayer - February 11 2023Feb 11, 2023
On this day in 2011 Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down as president of Egypt after many days of protests over poverty, corruption and political repression Read more