Today in Strangeness: On this date in 1844, the world was - TopicsExpress



          

Today in Strangeness: On this date in 1844, the world was supposed to come to an end in conjunction with the return of Christ, according to the American preacher William Miller, leader of the Millerism movement. Millerites referred to the following day as the Great Disappointment. On October 22, 1836, Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas, an independent state that existed between 1836 and 1845 between Mexico and America.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:21:51 +0000

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