2014 Event The Vatican will install showers for the homeless in public restrooms on the grounds of St. Peter's Square; Archbishop Konrad Krajewski has also requested several local parishes around Rome to do the same 2014 Event The United Nations and the European Union have sent workers, equipment and supplies to Serbia and Bosnia in the wake of massive floods that have resulted in at least 36 deaths and a large number homeless after destruction of homes and farms 2013 Event London's Metropolitan police remove belongings and sleeping bags of homeless people as part of 'a policy of reducing the impact of rough sleepers on the community' 2012 Event The toll of those afflicted by Typhoon Bopha in the southern Philippines rises to 179,000 left homeless after the storm passed 2012 Event Tropical Storm Khanun left 16,000 people homeless in South Korea 2010 Event Major floods in Southern Sudan, near Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal leave 57,000 people homeless 1991 Event In Bangladesh a cyclone killed over 131,000 and left 9 million homeless 1991 Event Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless 1990 Death Mitch Snyder, homeless advocate, commits suicide by hanging at 46 1988 Event Earthquake in Armenia (>25,000 killed, 5,000,000 homeless) 1988 Event 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless 1987 Event International Year of Shelter for Homeless begins 1953 Event Worcester County tornado, 94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless 1944 Event Liquid-gas tanks in Cleveland explodes, 135 die, 3,600 homeless 1912 Birthday Abbe Pierre, born in Lyon, France, French Catholic priest, founded Emmaus movement aiding poor, homeless, refugees 1908 Event Fire makes 17,000 homeless in Chelsea Massachusetts 1896 Event Tornado hit St. Louis, killing 255 and leaving thousands homeless 1841 Death Catherine McAuley, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children, dies at her House of Mercy 1778 Birthday Catherine McAuley, born in Dublin, Ireland, founder, the Sisters of Mercy, established 12 foundations in Ireland, 2 in England, inherited fortune from father, used money to care for, educate, homeless women and children
