📜 January 13: On This Day in History |  | Captive audience of Templars |  Image: DONUT/OpenAI | Each of the following events happened on January 13. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom! - A) Legendary country singer Johnny Cash arrives to play for inmates at California's Folsom Prison in the midst of a steep decline in his musical career. The concert and Cash’s subsequent live album go on to launch him back into the charts, and re-define his career.
- B) Pope Honorius II recognizes the Knights Templar, declaring it to be an army of God. Its self-imposed mission is to protect Christian pilgrims journeying to and from the Holy Land during the Crusades.
- C) Luftwaffe test pilot Helmut Schenk becomes the first person to successfully use an airplane ejector seat, after his jet fighter’s control panel iced up.
- D) The National Geographic Society is founded. It initially begins as a scholarly journal sent to 165 charter members; in the modern day, it reaches the hands of 40 million people/month.
Hint: Playing for inmates seems like a last resort. |
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📜 Answers | | B, D, C, A - B) 1129 – The Pope recognizes the Knights of Templar. Legends suggest the Knights of Templar may have found the Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant, and/or parts of the cross from Christ’s crucifixion.
- D) 1888 – The National Geographic Society is founded.
- C) 1942 – Helmut Schenk becomes the first person to successfully use an airplane ejector seat.
- A) 1968 – Johnny Cash performs at Folsom Prison. Cash even learned a new song for the show, called "Greystone Chapel," which was written by Folsom inmate Glen Sherley.
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