The King James Version is an English translation of the Holy Bible,
commissioned for the benefit of the Church of England at the behest of
King James I of England. First published in 1611, it has had a
profound impact on not only most English translations that have
followed it, but also on English literature as a whole. The works of
famous authors such as John Bunyan, John Milton, Herman Melville, John
Dryden, and William Wordsworth are replete with inspiration apparently
derived from the King James Version. Bibles from the English Revised
Version to the New American Standard Bible, the Revised Standard
Version, and the New King James Version are revisions of its text; it
has deeply influenced Bibles such as the New International Version
that do not claim to be revisions of its text. It is no longer in
copyright in most parts of the world but is under perpetual Crown
copyright in the United Kingdom. It is considered to be an
instrumental founding block of modern English, and remains one of the
most widely-read literary works from its time, surpassed only by the
works of playwright William Shakespeare.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1859:
Constantin von Tischendorf found the Codex Sinaiticus, a 4th century
uncial manuscript of the New Testament, in a monastery at the foot of
Mount Sinai in Egypt.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Sinaiticus)
1862:
Bacardi, one of the world's largest rum producer, was founded as a
small distillery in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacardi)
1899:
The Philippine-American War began.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine-American_War)
1945:
Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin met at the
Yalta Conference.
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalta_Conference)
1957:
USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine, logged her 60,000th
nautical mile, matching the endurance of the fictional Nautilus
described in Jules Verne's novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nautilus_%28SSN-571%29)
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Wikiquote of the day:
"Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that
each generation, in turn, becomes the custodian rather than the
absolute owner of our resources and each generation has the obligation
to pass this inheritance on to the future." -- Charles Lindbergh
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh)