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2012 Event - Seven new saints are canonized by Pope Benedict XVI, including Anna Schaffer, Kateri Tekakwitha, Marianne Cope and Pedro Calungsod

2010 Event - Two men on motorcycles fatally shot Pedro Alcantara de Souza, a Brazilian land reform activist, five times in the head while he tried to ride his bicycle in Para

1997 Event - Red Sox sign Pedro Martinez to record 6 year $69 million contract

1997 Event - Pedro Martinez wins NL Cy Young Award

1995 Event - Expos pitcher Pedro Martinez perfect game is broken up in 10th inning as San Diego's Bip Roberts leads off with a double, Mont wins 1-0

1994 Death - Pedro Zamora, aIDS Activist, dies at 22

1991 Death - Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit, dies at 83

1988 Event - Pedro Delgado wins Tour de France

1986 Event - Pedro Morales swims world record 100m butterfly (52.84)

1985 Event - Los Angeles Dodger Pedro Gonzalez sets NL record of 15 home runs in June

1983 Event - Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ

1978 Death - Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, of La Prensa, assassinated in Managua

1975 Birthday - Miguel Mejia, San Pedro de Macoris, outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals

1974 Death - Pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's Comedy Hour), dies at 92

1973 Event - Stan Stasiak beats Pedro Morales in Philadelphia, to become WWF champ

1971 Birthday - Pedro Martinez, born in Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Montreal Expos

1971 Birthday - Pedro Garau, WLAF running back, Barcelona Dragons

1971 Event - Pedro Morales beats Ivan Koloff in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ

1970 Birthday - James Pedro, Danvers Massachusetts, lightweight judoka, Olympics-bronze-92, 96

1970 Birthday - Manny Martinez, San Pedro DE, outfielder for the Seattle Mariners

1969 Birthday - Pedro Astacio, Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

1969 Birthday - Robb Nen, San Pedro California, pitcher for the Florida Marlins

1968 Birthday - Pedro A Martinez, Villa Mella, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the New York Mets

1968 Birthday - Sammy Sosa, San Pedro, Dominican Republic, outfielder for the Chicago Cubs

1968 Birthday - Jose Offerman, San Pedro de Macoris, infielder for the Kansas City Royals

1967 Birthday - Pedro Borbon, Mao, Dominican Republic, pitcher, Atlanta Braves

1964 Birthday - Kevin Elster, born in San Pedro, California, infielder for the Texas Rangers

1963 Birthday - Pedro Luis Estrada, born in Brooklyn, New York, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List

1963 Event - Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, and Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels)

1963 Birthday - Pedro Duque, born in Madrid, Spain, engineer and astronaut, STS-78 alt, sk:95

1960 Birthday - Juan Samuel, San Pedro de Macoris, infielder, New York Yankees, Blue Jays

1959 Death - Pedro Humberto Allende Saron, Chilean composer (Tonados), dies at 74

1955 Event - Argentine General Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as president

1951 Birthday - Pedro Almodovar, Spain, director/screenwriter, Kika, Matador

1950 Death - Pedro De Cordoba, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire), dies at 68

1946 Birthday - Howard Scott, born in San Pedro, California, rock guitarist and vocalist, War, Cisco Kid

1943 Birthday - Pedro Chappe-Garcia, Havana, basketball player 1972 Olympics bronze

1942 Birthday - Ted Bluechel, San Pedro California, rock vocalist and drummer, Association

1941 Death - Pedro Aguirre Cerda, president Chili (People's Front), dies

1936 Death - Pedro Munoz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55

1934 Birthday - Pedro Pires, premier, Cape Verde, 1975-91

1926 Birthday - Pedro Gonzales-Gonzalez, Aguilares, Texas, actor, Rio Bravo

1925 Death - Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer, dies at 81

1918 Birthday - Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer, Pedro Paramo

1915 Birthday - Pedro Saenz, born in Spain, composer, composed music for classical guitar

1913 Birthday - Pedro Gastao de Orleans e Braganca, grandson of emperor Pedro I

1913 Birthday - Lucio Diestro San Pedro, composer

1912 Birthday - Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor, From Russia With Love

1907 Birthday - Pedro Arrupe, Spanish priest/Jesuit

1903 Birthday - Pedro Aramburu, president Argentina

1898 Birthday - Pedro DE Teixeira de Mattos, Dutch diplomat

1892 Birthday - Pedro Salinas, writer

1891 Death - JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara, emp of Brazil (1831-89), dies

1891 Death - Pedro A de Alarcon, Spanish editor-in-chief (El Latigo), dies at 58

1889 Event - Dom Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, deposed; republic proclaimed

1886 Birthday - Pedro Sanjuan, San Sebastian, Spain, composer, Castilla

1885 Birthday - S Pedro Humberto Allende, Chilian composer, And una Mananita

1881 Birthday - Pedro De Cordoba, New York City, actor, Mexican Hayride, Before I Hang

1881 Birthday - Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright, Vengeanza de Don Mendo

1861 Death - Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies at 24

1861 Birthday - Pedro De Cordoba, New York City, actor, Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur

1848 Event - Battle at Xaquixaguana, Peru: Pedro de la Gasca beats Gonzalo Pizarro

1843 Birthday - Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, composer

1837 Birthday - Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal, 1853-61

1837 Death - Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies

1834 Death - A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1822-31), dies

1833 Birthday - Pedro Antonio de Alarcon, born in Spain, writer, Three-Cornered Hat

1831 Event - Dom Pedro abdicates to son, Dom Pedro II crowned emperor of Brazil

1825 Birthday - JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil, 1831-89

1822 Event - Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil

1822 Event - Pedro I, son of king Joao VI, declares Brazil independence

1803 Death - Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79

1798 Birthday - A J Pedro I van Alcantara, Kaiser of Brazil, 1822 - 1831, king of Portugal

1798 Death - Pedro Pablo Abarca d Bolea earl of Aranda, Spanish officer, dies at 79

1786 Death - Pedro III, King of Portugal, dies

1743 Death - Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian playwright and poet, dies

1736 Death - Pedro Vaz Rego, composer, dies at 63

1723 Birthday - Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/historian/literary

1707 Event - Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal

1706 Death - Pedro II, king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at 58

1681 Death - Pedro Calderon de la Barca, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream', dies at 81

1673 Birthday - Pedro Vaz Rego, composer

1663 Birthday - Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet, Obras Dramaticas

1650 Death - Pedro de Espinosa, Spanish poet and writer, dies

1648 Birthday - Pedro II, King of Portugal, 1683-1706

1600 Birthday - Pedro Calderon de la Barca, born in Madrid, Spain, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream'

1578 Death - Pedro Nunes, Nonius, Port mathematician/astronomer (nonius), dies

1574 Death - Pedro Menendez de Aviles, soldier/navigator, dies

1541 Death - Pedro de Alvarado, Spanish occupier, dies at about 56

1541 Event - Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia (or 2/12)

1536 Event - Pedro de Mendoza finds Argentine city of Buenos Aires

1519 Birthday - Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer, found St. Augustine Florida

1501 Event - Explorer Pedro Cabral back in Lisbon

1501 Event - Portuguese navigator Pedro Cabral and 6 ships return to Lisbon

1500 Event - Pedro Cabral lands and annexes Brazil (Terra da Vera Cruz)

1500 Event - Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil and claims it for Portugal

1500 Event - Pedro Cabral departs with 13 ships to India

1423 Death - Benedict XIII, Pedro the Luna, Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies

1394 Event - Cardinal Pedro de Luna of Aragon chosen (anti)pope Benedictus XIII

1387 Death - Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67

1369 Death - Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile and Leon, murdered

1367 Death - Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46

1334 Birthday - Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia and Leon

1320 Birthday - Pedro I, King of Portugal, 1357-67

1319 Birthday - Pedro IV, king of Aragon

1285 Death - Pedro III, king of Aragon, dies

1282 Event - Pope Martinus IV excommunicates king Pedro III of Aragonorth

1282 Event - King Pedro III of Aragonorth annexes Sicily

1213 Event - Battle at Muret: Crusade of Simon de Montfort beat Pedro II of Aragon

1213 Death - Pedro II, el Catolico, king of Aragon, dies in battle

1104 Death - Pedro I, king of Navarra and Aragon, dies













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