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1801: Brigham Young: Mormon Leader who had 55 Wives

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1801: Brigham Young: Mormon Leader who had 55 Wives

On this day the significant Mormon leader Brigham Young was born. He was referred to by some as the “Amer ...

On this day the significant Mormon leader Brigham Young was born. He was referred to by some as the “American Moses” because of the large role he played in the early days of the Mormon Church (The Chu ...

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1430: St. Joan of Arc Captured

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1430: St. Joan of Arc Captured

On this day in 1430, St. Joan of Arc was captured at Compiègne in northern France. She was captured by t ...

On this day in 1430, St. Joan of Arc was captured at Compiègne in northern France. She was captured by the Burgundians, who had allied with the British against the French King Charles VII (his corona ...

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1812: Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus von Colloredo – Mozart’s Employer in Salzburg

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1812: Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus von Colloredo – Mozart’s Employer in Salzburg

This day in 1812 marked the death of the Archbishop Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, who was the powerful ...

This day in 1812 marked the death of the Archbishop Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, who was the powerful prince-archbishop of Salzburg, and an employer of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His father was Count ...

May 20, 2020
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1981: Assassination Attempt on Pope St. John Paul II

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1981: Assassination Attempt on Pope St. John Paul II

On this day, at St. Peter’s Square in Rome, an assassination attempt on Pope St. John Paul II took place, ...

On this day, at St. Peter’s Square in Rome, an assassination attempt on Pope St. John Paul II took place, precisely on the anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady of Fatima, who back in 1917 a ...

May 13, 2020
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2012: Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện: The Oldest Bishop in the History of the Catholic Church

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2012: Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện: The Oldest Bishop in the History of the Catholic Church

Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop, and the oldest bishop of the Catholic Ch ...

Antoine Nguyễn Văn Thiện was a Vietnamese Roman Catholic bishop, and the oldest bishop of the Catholic Church. He died at the age of 106 (and two months). He had been born in city of Saigon, French In ...

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1918: Charlie Soong – the Chinese Christian Whose Three Daughters “Ruled” China

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1918: Charlie Soong – the Chinese Christian Whose Three Daughters “Ruled” China

On this day in 1918, the Chinese missionary and businessman Charlie Soong died. Although he was born in C ...

On this day in 1918, the Chinese missionary and businessman Charlie Soong died. Although he was born in China, at the age of 15 he sailed with his uncle to Boston. In the USA, he met the Methodist mis ...

May 03, 2020
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1429: St. Joan of Arc Relieves the Besieged City of Orleans

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1429: St. Joan of Arc Relieves the Besieged City of Orleans

The miraculous military career of the famous Saint Joan of Arc began on this day. That girl of only 17 ye ...

The miraculous military career of the famous Saint Joan of Arc began on this day. That girl of only 17 years came to lead the French army defending the city of Orleans. By this time, namely, the Engli ...

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2011: The Unexpected Death of Sai Baba

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2011: The Unexpected Death of Sai Baba

Sathya Sai Baba died on this day in 2011, in Puttaparthi, the same place where he was born. He died at th ...

Sathya Sai Baba died on this day in 2011, in Puttaparthi, the same place where he was born. He died at the age of 84, due to respiratory problems, at the hospital that he himself built for poor Indian ...

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