Today in History (January 13): 1897 Niels Pedersen Grennet, organized Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Denmark, died 1966 Johan Arnd Aasgaard, Norwegian American Lutheran church leader, died (b. 1876); educated at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota; United (Norwegian Lutheran) Seminary; pastor in DeForest, Wisconsin (1901-11); taught at United Church seminary (1906-07); president of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota (1911-25); president of The Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (name changed in 1946 to The Evangelical Lutheran Church) (1925-54); helped lay groundwork for the merger that resulted in the formation of The ALC in 1960 If you wish to use these items, please get permission. Permission to post TIH items on LUTHERAN-ROOTS was received from Marvin A. Huggins, C.A., Associate Director Concordia Historical Institute (314)505-7921 801 De Mun Avenue FAX: (314)505-7901 St. Louis, MO 63105-3168 mhuggins@chi.lcms.org Web Page: http://chi.lcms.org/ for today, John Birkholz brotherjohn@imt.net 963 McIver Road Great Falls, MT 59404