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  • 1590: Urban VII: Pope who Had the Shortest Reign

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    1590: Urban VII: Pope who Had the Shortest Reign

    1590: Urban VII: Pope who Had the Shortest Reign

    Pope Urban VII died on this day in 1590, only 13 days after he had been elected pope. Therefore, he becam ...

    Pope Urban VII died on this day in 1590, only 13 days after he had been elected pope. Therefore, he became the pope with the shortest pontificate in the history. Urban VII had been born as Giovanni Ba ...

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  • 303: Saint Fermin and Running with the Bulls in Pamplona

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    303: Saint Fermin and Running with the Bulls in Pamplona

    303: Saint Fermin and Running with the Bulls in Pamplona

    St. Fermin is especially popular in Pamplona, where the running with the bulls is held in his honor every ...

    St. Fermin is especially popular in Pamplona, where the running with the bulls is held in his honor every year. Pamplona is the capital of Navarre, the country which is part of present-day Spain, but ...

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  • 1959: Buddhist Monk who Shot Prime Minister Solomon Bandaranaike

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    1959: Buddhist Monk who Shot Prime Minister Solomon Bandaranaike

    1959: Buddhist Monk who Shot Prime Minister Solomon Bandaranaike

    Solomon Bandaranaike, a Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, was assassinated by a Buddhist monk on this day in 1 ...

    Solomon Bandaranaike, a Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, was assassinated by a Buddhist monk on this day in 1959. The monk Talduwe Somarama was persuaded to do so due to the conspirators who wanted the de ...

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  • 1890: Mormons Officially Abolish Plural Marriage

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    1890: Mormons Officially Abolish Plural Marriage

    1890: Mormons Officially Abolish Plural Marriage

    On this day in 1890 Mormon leaders issued a manifesto according to which the practice of polygamy was to ...

    On this day in 1890 Mormon leaders issued a manifesto according to which the practice of polygamy was to be abolished within their community. Church president Wilford Woodruff was the lead author of t ...

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  • 1765: Gregory XVI: Last Man who was Elected Pope Without First Becoming Bishop

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    1765: Gregory XVI: Last Man who was Elected Pope Without First Becoming Bishop

    1765: Gregory XVI: Last Man who was Elected Pope Without First Becoming Bishop

    Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, the man who was to become the 254th Pope in 1831, was born on this day in ...

    Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, the man who was to become the 254th Pope in 1831, was born on this day in 1765. As Pope, he took the name Gregory XVI and remains the last pope who took that name. He wa ...

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  • 1616: The First School for Poor Children Opened by St. Joseph Calasanz

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    1616: The First School for Poor Children Opened by St. Joseph Calasanz

    1616: The First School for Poor Children Opened by St. Joseph Calasanz

    The first public school in Europe was opened in the Italian town of Frascati on this day in 1616. Only no ...

    The first public school in Europe was opened in the Italian town of Frascati on this day in 1616. Only noble families’ children and future priests attended the schools which had been opened before tha ...

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  • 1968: Joseph Kentenich, Servant of God and the Founder of the Catholic Schoenstatt Movement

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    1968: Joseph Kentenich, Servant of God and the Founder of the Catholic Schoenstatt Movement

    1968: Joseph Kentenich, Servant of God and the Founder of the Catholic Schoenstatt Movement

    This day in 1968 marked the death of Servant of God Joseph Kentenich, the Catholic priest who founded the ...

    This day in 1968 marked the death of Servant of God Joseph Kentenich, the Catholic priest who founded the famous Schönstatt Movement. This Marian Movement is present in many countries around the world ...

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  • 1715: Dom Pérignon – the French Catholic Monk

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    1715: Dom Pérignon – the French Catholic Monk

    1715: Dom Pérignon – the French Catholic Monk

    The French Catholic monk Dom Pérignon died on this day in 1715.  The famous brand of champagne was named ...

    The French Catholic monk Dom Pérignon died on this day in 1715.  The famous brand of champagne was named after him. Dom Perignon was born as Pierre Pérignon, and the word Dom was something akin to an ...

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