The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson’s controversial film
about the last 44 hours of Jesus of Nazareth’s life, opened
in theaters across the United States on February 25, 2004.

Patrons stand in line for tickets for a morning showing of
"The Passion of the Christ," at Regal Cinemas in Buford, Georgia, February 25, 2004.

        TIM MAGUIRE    

Demond Wilson, best known for playing Lamont on the 1970s
sitcom “Sanford and Son,” died Friday from complications of
cancer at his home in Palm Springs, California.

In 1984 Wilson was ordained as a minister in the Church of
God in Christ and was an active Christian evangelist for
much of his adult life.

Sanford and Son (1972–1977) on NBC.

Stars Demond Wilson and Redd Foxx.

On November 18, 1978, Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones
lead hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at
their agricultural commune in a remote part of the South
American nation of Guyana.

The final death toll at Jonestown that day was 909; a third
of those who perished were children.

James Warren Jones
(May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978)

Martin Luther posting the 95 Theses on the
door of the Wittenberg Castle church in 1517.
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Martin Luther (10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546)     
    

        
        
Luther was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter,
professor, and former Augustinian friar.

Martin Luther taught that justification is not earned by any
human acts or intents or merit; rather, it is received only
as the free gift of God’s grace through the believer’s faith
in Jesus Christ.