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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

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 ...

September 25, 2019
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1890: Mormons Officially Abolish Plural Marriage

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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 ...

September 24, 2019
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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

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 ...

September 18, 2019
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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

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 ...

September 15, 2019
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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

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 ...

September 15, 2019
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1715: Dom Pérignon – the French Catholic Monk

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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 ...

September 14, 2019
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459: Guinness World Record-holding Saint

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459: Guinness World Record-holding Saint

On this day in 459 St. Simeon Stylites, a well-known ascetic, died. He reportedly spent the last 37 or 39 ...

On this day in 459 St. Simeon Stylites, a well-known ascetic, died. He reportedly spent the last 37 or 39 years living on a small platform on the top of a pillar (the saint's name is derived from “Sty ...

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1978: Cardinal Albino Luciani (John Paul I) Elected Pope

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1978: Cardinal Albino Luciani (John Paul I) Elected Pope

On this day in 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani was elected Pope. He took the name John Paul I and became th ...

On this day in 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani was elected Pope. He took the name John Paul I and became the first pope in history who had two names. Pope John Paul I had the shortest papacy during the ...

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