I do not know what happened to the one for the 9th of January Today in History (January 10): 1624 During January, the religion of the prince becomes that of his subjects in Germany 1729 The Protestant Episcopal Church leader, Dean Berkeley, arrived in Rhode Island during January for the purpose of founding a university in the colonies 1738 First Protestant and Lutheran orphanage in United States, begun by Salzburgers of Georgia in Savannah 1878 During January, the Ohio Synod confers a DD degree on C. F. W. Walther 1880 The Ohio Synod contemplates withdrawal from the Synodical Conference due to Predestinarian Controversy during January 1883 Elling, Eielsen, lay preacher in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; came to America and helped organize "The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America" (The Ellingian Synod) and served as its president; died 1885 During January, preliminary plans for the Icelandic Synod were held in Mountain, North Dakota 1911 During January, German and English Sunday School leaflets first appeared in the Missouri Synod 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