November 5
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1855 - William Bagby was Born.
William Bagby was a famous Southern Baptist missionary.
1912 - Roy Rogers was Born.
1935 - The Date Some Give for Billy Sunday's Death.
Though there is same difference in opinion as to the exact day, November 5, 1935, is supposed to be the day of the death of Billy Sunday. Because of the influence of this great man of God, for the next several days we will give interesting events that happened in his life. It was my joy to know personally Mrs. Billy Sunday or "Ma Sunday," as she was affectionately called.
"Ma" came to our church often while I was pastoring at the Miller Road Baptist Church in Garland, Texas. The first time she visited our services she was deeply moved. At the lunch table following the services, Ma said, "Billy would have liked that." She said that Billy would have liked the tears and the converts kneeling at the altar and being dealt with by soul winners.
As you know, Billy Sunday was the left fielder for the Chicago White Sox. One day he stumbled into the Pacific Garden Rescue Mission and was gloriously saved. He traded his baseball spikes and glove for a Bible and a pulpit. To many he is the greatest evangelist in the history of our country. Let us thank God for Him today.
1940 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt was Elected.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented third term. Let us pray for our President today.
1994 - George Foreman Becomes Oldest Heavyweight Champ.
On this day in 1994, George Foreman, age 45, becomes boxing's oldest heavyweight champion when he defeats 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas. More than 12,000 spectators at the MGM Grand Hotel watched Foreman dethrone Moorer, who went into the fight with a 35-0 record. Foreman dedicated his upset win to "all my buddies in the nursing home and all the guys in jail."
Born in 1949 in Marshal, Texas, Foreman had a troubled childhood and dropped out of high school. Eventually, he joined President Lyndon Johnson's Jobs Corps work program and discovered a talent for boxing. "Big George," as he was nicknamed, took home a gold medal for the U.S. at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. In 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica, after winning his first 37 professional matches, 34 by knockout, Foreman KO'd "Smokin'" Joe Frazier after two rounds and was crowned heavyweight champ. At 1974's "Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasha, Zaire, the younger, stronger Foreman suffered a surprising loss to underdog Muhammad Ali and was forced to relinquish his championship title. Three years later, Big George morphed from pugilist into preacher, when he had a religious experience in his dressing room after losing a fight. He retired from boxing, became an ordained minister in Houston and founded a youth center.
A decade later, the millions he'd made as a boxer gone, Foreman returned to the ring at age 38 and staged a successful comeback. When he won his second heavyweight title in his 1994 fight against Moorer, becoming the WBA and IBF champ, Foreman was wearing the same red trunks he'd had on the night he lost to Ali.
Foreman didn't hang onto the heavyweight mantle for long. In March 1995, he was stripped of his WBA title after refusing to fight No. 1 contender Tony Tucker, and he gave up his IBF title in June 1995 rather than fight a rematch with Axel Schulz, whom he'd narrowly beat in a controversial judges' decision in April of that same year. Foreman's last fight was in 1997; he lost to Shannon Biggs. He retired with a lifetime record of 76-5.
Outside of the boxing ring, Foreman, who has five sons, all named George, and five daughters, has become enormously wealthy as an entrepreneur and genial TV pitchman for a variety of products, including the hugely popular George Foreman Grill. (www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-foreman-becomes-oldest-heavyweight-champ)
William Bagby was a famous Southern Baptist missionary.
1912 - Roy Rogers was Born.
1935 - The Date Some Give for Billy Sunday's Death.
Though there is same difference in opinion as to the exact day, November 5, 1935, is supposed to be the day of the death of Billy Sunday. Because of the influence of this great man of God, for the next several days we will give interesting events that happened in his life. It was my joy to know personally Mrs. Billy Sunday or "Ma Sunday," as she was affectionately called.
"Ma" came to our church often while I was pastoring at the Miller Road Baptist Church in Garland, Texas. The first time she visited our services she was deeply moved. At the lunch table following the services, Ma said, "Billy would have liked that." She said that Billy would have liked the tears and the converts kneeling at the altar and being dealt with by soul winners.
As you know, Billy Sunday was the left fielder for the Chicago White Sox. One day he stumbled into the Pacific Garden Rescue Mission and was gloriously saved. He traded his baseball spikes and glove for a Bible and a pulpit. To many he is the greatest evangelist in the history of our country. Let us thank God for Him today.
1940 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt was Elected.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented third term. Let us pray for our President today.
1994 - George Foreman Becomes Oldest Heavyweight Champ.
On this day in 1994, George Foreman, age 45, becomes boxing's oldest heavyweight champion when he defeats 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas. More than 12,000 spectators at the MGM Grand Hotel watched Foreman dethrone Moorer, who went into the fight with a 35-0 record. Foreman dedicated his upset win to "all my buddies in the nursing home and all the guys in jail."
Born in 1949 in Marshal, Texas, Foreman had a troubled childhood and dropped out of high school. Eventually, he joined President Lyndon Johnson's Jobs Corps work program and discovered a talent for boxing. "Big George," as he was nicknamed, took home a gold medal for the U.S. at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. In 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica, after winning his first 37 professional matches, 34 by knockout, Foreman KO'd "Smokin'" Joe Frazier after two rounds and was crowned heavyweight champ. At 1974's "Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasha, Zaire, the younger, stronger Foreman suffered a surprising loss to underdog Muhammad Ali and was forced to relinquish his championship title. Three years later, Big George morphed from pugilist into preacher, when he had a religious experience in his dressing room after losing a fight. He retired from boxing, became an ordained minister in Houston and founded a youth center.
A decade later, the millions he'd made as a boxer gone, Foreman returned to the ring at age 38 and staged a successful comeback. When he won his second heavyweight title in his 1994 fight against Moorer, becoming the WBA and IBF champ, Foreman was wearing the same red trunks he'd had on the night he lost to Ali.
Foreman didn't hang onto the heavyweight mantle for long. In March 1995, he was stripped of his WBA title after refusing to fight No. 1 contender Tony Tucker, and he gave up his IBF title in June 1995 rather than fight a rematch with Axel Schulz, whom he'd narrowly beat in a controversial judges' decision in April of that same year. Foreman's last fight was in 1997; he lost to Shannon Biggs. He retired with a lifetime record of 76-5.
Outside of the boxing ring, Foreman, who has five sons, all named George, and five daughters, has become enormously wealthy as an entrepreneur and genial TV pitchman for a variety of products, including the hugely popular George Foreman Grill. (www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-foreman-becomes-oldest-heavyweight-champ)