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On This Day in Catholic History:

1997 - Blessed Mother Teresa, Nobel Peace Prize winner, who devoted her life to helping the sick and the poor, died in Calcutta, India, at age 87.

Birthdays:

1568 - Tommaso Campanella, Italian theologian, philosopher, and poet (d. 1639)

1735 - Johann Christian Bach, German composer, son of Johann Sebastian Bach, Catholic convert (d. 1782)

1929 - Bob Newhart, American actor and comedian

1933 - Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, Chilian Catholic Archbishop

1950 - Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist (Cathy)

1977 - Rosevelt Colvin, American football player

1991 - Skandar Keynes, English actor (The Chronicles of Narnia)
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