Wednesday Basics
Optional Memorial of St. Elizabeth of Portugal: Independence Day (USA)
Today's Mass Readings
On This Day in Catholic History:
966 Pope Benedict V died.
993 The first official Roman Catholic saint, Ulrich of Augsburg (890–973), was named.
1958 - Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was appointed auxilliary bishop of Krakow, Poland, by Pope Pius XII.
Birthdays:
1776 - Birthday of the United States of America, Independence Day
1804 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (d. 1864)
1872 - Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)
1881 - Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier (d. 1968)
1883 - Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. 1970)
1910 - Gloria Stuart, American actress
1911 - Mitch Miller, American entertainer
1918 - Ann Landers, American advice columnist (d. 2002)
1918 - Abigail Van Buren, American advice columnist ("Dear Abby")
1924 - Eva Marie Saint, American actress
1927 - Neil Simon, American playwright
1929 - Bill Tuttle, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1929 - Chuck Tanner, baseball player
1942 - Hal Lanier, baseball player
1967 - Rick Wilkins, American baseball player
1971 - Brendan Donnelly, American baseball player
1979 - J. R. VanHoose, American basketball player
1984 - Gina Glocksen, American Idol finalist
2002 - My nephew, Jude - Happy Birthday, "Firecracker!"
Today's Mass Readings
On This Day in Catholic History:
966 Pope Benedict V died.
993 The first official Roman Catholic saint, Ulrich of Augsburg (890–973), was named.
1958 - Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, was appointed auxilliary bishop of Krakow, Poland, by Pope Pius XII.
Birthdays:
1776 - Birthday of the United States of America, Independence Day
1804 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American writer (d. 1864)
1872 - Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)
1881 - Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier (d. 1968)
1883 - Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. 1970)
1910 - Gloria Stuart, American actress
1911 - Mitch Miller, American entertainer
1918 - Ann Landers, American advice columnist (d. 2002)
1918 - Abigail Van Buren, American advice columnist ("Dear Abby")
1924 - Eva Marie Saint, American actress
1927 - Neil Simon, American playwright
1929 - Bill Tuttle, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1929 - Chuck Tanner, baseball player
1942 - Hal Lanier, baseball player
1967 - Rick Wilkins, American baseball player
1971 - Brendan Donnelly, American baseball player
1979 - J. R. VanHoose, American basketball player
1984 - Gina Glocksen, American Idol finalist
2002 - My nephew, Jude - Happy Birthday, "Firecracker!"
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