2013 Event Reports that Pope John Paul II will be canonized are confirmed as his case awaits approval from Pope Francis, and confirmation of an alleged second miracle from the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints 1988 Event Televangelist Jimmy Swaggert confesses his sins to his congregation 1969 Event Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Sacra Ritum Congregation 1944 Birthday Mike Curb, Savannah, Georgia, singer, Mike Curb Congregation 1944 Event Bomb assassination against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome, 33 die 1943 Event Japanse occupiers intern Jewish Congregation of Sorabajo 1913 Event Russian kingdom forbids Polish congregation of speakers 1824 Event 1st Jewish Reform congregation forms, Charleston, SC 1802 Birthday Francois MP Liberman, French relig leader, Congregation of Heart 1730 Event 1st Jewish congregation in U.S. forms synagogue, "Shearith Israel, New York City" 1728 Event Congregation Shearith Israel of New York purchases a lot on Mill Street in lower Manhattan, to build New York's 1st synagogue
