Samuel Morse transmitted the first message via telegraph in the United States sent 
from Washington to Baltimore, "What hath God Wrought!”, a Bible verse found in 
Numbers 23:23. According to the Library of Congress, the message was suggested 
by Annie Ellsworth, the daughter of one of Morse’s friends. By 1846, telegraph lines  
were erected, connecting major eastern and northern cities. 

Charles Wendell "Chuck" Colson (October 16, 1931 – April 21, 2012) 

The former Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon (1969 to 1973) and 
later a noted Evangelical Christian leader and cultural commentator, died
Saturday at a Northern Virginia hospital after a brief illness.

Actor Max Von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow in Lund, Skåne,
Sweden. He has starred in many films and had supporting roles in
dozens more. Von Sydow is bet remembered for his portrayal of
Jesus The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), and as Father Merrin
in The Exorcist (1973).

Copy of the Gutenberg Bible on display in the New York Public Library. It
was purchased in 1847 and is the first copy of the book brought to the U.S.

The Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42)
was the first major book printed with movable type and the first major book produced
on a printing press anywhere in the world.

The most reliable source of information concerning the Bible’s date comes from a
letter, in March 1455, future Pope Pius ll wrote about having seen the promotional
edition of the Bible on display in Frankfurt.

A copy of the Gutenberg Bible owned by the U.S. Library of Congress

A statue of Gutenberg superimposed on the bible he created

 
Statue of Saint Patrick located on the Hill of Tara in Ireland 
 

Saint Patrick’s Day is a cultural and religious holiday that commemorates Saint
Patrick (AD 387-461), the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of
Ireland, and the arrival of Christianity to the country.The holiday was celebrated
in New York City for the first time in 1756. The event took place at the Crown
and Thistle Tavern..

According to legend, Saint Patrick used the the three-
leaved clover (Shamrock), to explain the Holy Trinity
to the pre-Christian people of Ireland.