Saturday Basics

The 90th Anniversary of the Sixth Apparition of Fatima

Saturday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time; Old Calendar: St. Edward, king, confessor

Today's Mass Readings

On This Day in Catholic History:

1917 - The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 persons in the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal.

Birthdays:

1878 - Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian Roman Catholic priest (d. 1952)

1925 - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

1932 - Jack Colvin, American actor, (The Incredible Hulk) (d. 2005)

1942 - Bob Bailey, American baseball player

1948 - John Ford Coley, American musician, England Dan & John Ford Coley, ("Simone", "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight"), (Christian convert)

1959 - Marie Osmond, American entertainer

1962 - Jerry Rice, American football star

1969 - Nancy Kerrigan, American figure skater

1977 - Paul Pierce, American basketball player

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