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Sep 21 Rev Thomas Bayes - father of statistics

Today in 1701 Thomas Bayes was born into a prominent nonconformist family from Sheffield. He would be known for formulating: Bayes'...

Aug 21 Adam Gifford and the Gifford Lectures

Its 1885, we are in Scotland, where today Lord Adam Giffords’ will was finalised. A large part of his substantial fortune made from a...

Aug 5 Bill W & Alcoholics Anonymous

Today in 1934 Bill Wilson was lying in Charles B. Towns Hospital for Drug and Alcohol Addictions in New York City under the care of Dr....

July 11 Eric Liddell the Flying Scotsman

Today we remember how the Scottish Missionary Eric Liddell won the Olympic 400-meter race in Paris after he had rejected an opportunity...

May 25 The Ecumenical Imperative

it’s the 25th of May and on this day in Christian History we go back to year 1995 and travel to Rome where Ut Unum Sint, the first...

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