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Memorial of St. Anthony, abbot


On This Day in Catholic History

356 - Saint Anthony the Great (b. ca. 251), founder of Christian monasticism, died.

1377 - Pope Gregory XI (ca. 1336–1378) moved the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon.

1504 - Pope Pius V was born (d. 1 May 1572).

Birthdays

1905 - Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005)

1914 - William Stafford, American poet and essayist (d. 1993)

1922 - Betty White, American actress, ( The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls.)

1927 - Thomas Anthony Dooley III, Roman Catholic missionary to southeast Asia, was born in Saint Louis, Missouri (d. 1961).

1931 - James Earl Jones, American actor

1931 - Don Zimmer, American baseball coach

1933 - Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist (d. 1998)

1939 - Maury Povich, American talk show host

1943 - Chris Montez, American singer, ("Call Me", "The More I See You")

1949 - Mick Taylor, British musician, guitarist for the The Rolling Stones

1949 - Andy Kaufman, American comedian (d. 1984)

1954 - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American lawyer

1982 - Dwyane Wade, American basketball player

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