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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!"

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