Saturday Basics
Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Optional Memorial of Sts. Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs
Today in Catholic History:
553 The Second Council of Constantinople closed.
1536 Pope Paul III (1468–1549; pope 1534–1549) called for a general council at Mantua, Italy.
1537 Pope Paul III said that the Indians of the Americas may not be enslaved, but under pressure from the colonists he soon withdrew the bull Sublimis Dei.
1979 Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) made a return trip to his home country of Poland, the first visit of a pope to a Communist country.
History Highlight of the Day: 1953 Queen Elizabeth II is crowned.
Birthdays:
1731 Martha Washington, first First Lady of the U.S
1840 Thomas Hardy, writer/poet ("The Return of the Native")
1944 Marvin Hamlisch, composer ("The Way We Were", "Through the Eyes of Love", "Nobody Does It Better")
1948 Jerry Mathers, actor (Beaver from "Leave It to Beaver")
1960 Kyle Petty, NASCAR driver
Optional Memorial of Sts. Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs
Today in Catholic History:
553 The Second Council of Constantinople closed.
1536 Pope Paul III (1468–1549; pope 1534–1549) called for a general council at Mantua, Italy.
1537 Pope Paul III said that the Indians of the Americas may not be enslaved, but under pressure from the colonists he soon withdrew the bull Sublimis Dei.
1979 Pope John Paul II (1920–2005) made a return trip to his home country of Poland, the first visit of a pope to a Communist country.
History Highlight of the Day: 1953 Queen Elizabeth II is crowned.
Birthdays:
1731 Martha Washington, first First Lady of the U.S
1840 Thomas Hardy, writer/poet ("The Return of the Native")
1944 Marvin Hamlisch, composer ("The Way We Were", "Through the Eyes of Love", "Nobody Does It Better")
1948 Jerry Mathers, actor (Beaver from "Leave It to Beaver")
1960 Kyle Petty, NASCAR driver
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