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Memorial of Sts. Isaac Jogues and John de Brebeuf, priests and martyrs and companions, martyrs

Today's Mass Readings

On This Day in Catholic History:

1187 - Pope Urban III died.

2003 - Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.

Birthdays:

1748 - Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, American wife of Thomas Jefferson, (d. 1782)

1862 - Auguste Lumière, French inventor (d. 1954)

1945 - John Lithgow, American actor, (Back to the Future, The World According to Garp, Terms of Endearment)

1960 - Jennifer Holiday, American singer and actress

1965 - Ty Pennington, American television carpenter

1976 - Michael Young, baseball player

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