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2012 Event - Rick Majerus, the head basketball coach at Saint Louis University, announces his retirement due to health issues 2012 Event - The 'Lamb of God', the first panels of the Ghent Altarpiece are secretly moved from Saint Bavo Cathedral for a five-year restoration at the Ghent Museum of Fine Arts; the panels are likely the most frequently stolen artwork in history 2012 Event - Pope Benedict XVI announces seven new saints - including American saint Kateri Tekakwitha - and appoints 22 new cardinals 2010 Event - Australia's first saint, Mary MacKillop, is canonized by Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Peter's Square 2010 Event - The Vatican approves of Australian Mary MacKillop as their first saint for canonization 2008 Death - Yves Saint Laurent, dies in Paris, France at 71 2004 Event - World Series, Boston Red Sox beat Saint Louis Cardinals 4 games to 0 2002 Death - Bruce Paltrow, producer, Saint Elsewhere, dies at 60 1997 Event - Saint Luke's Senior Golf Classic 1993 Death - Leslie Charteris, British mystery writer (Saint), dies at 85 1993 Event - Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint 1993 Event - "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 49 performances 1991 Death - Leueen McGrath, actress (Edward My Son, Saint's Vacation), dies at 77 1989 Death - Tikhon Toropets, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint, dies at 123 1988 Death - Arwel Hughes, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn, dies at 79 1982 Event - Pope John Paul II canonizes Reverend M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint 1979 Event - Iran Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against Kurds 1978 Event - Saint Maarten Patriotic Movement (SPM) forms under W James 1977 Event - Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st U.S. male saint 1975 Event - Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became 1st Irish-born saint in 7 centuries 1975 Event - Pope Paul VI declares Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton 1st U.S. saint 1975 Birthday - Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton canonized as 1st US-born saint 1973 Birthday - Gavin Hassett, born in Saint John, New Brunswick, rower 1996 Olympics 1969 Death - Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78 1969 Event - KDNL TV channel 30 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting 1968 Birthday - Mitch Hedberg, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, comedian, appeared on television show, 'The Late Show with David Letterman' and film, 'Lords of Dogtown' 1967 Birthday - Margo Malowney, born in Saint John, New Brunswick, volleyball player 1996 Olympics 1959 Event - KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting 1957 Death - Jacques Fesch, French political assassin/saint?, beheaded at about 26 1957 Event - KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1955 Event - "Saint of Bleecker St" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 92 performances 1954 Event - "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 92 performances 1954 Event - Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Saint," premieres in New York City 1954 Event - KETC TV channel 9 in Saint Louis, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Event - Pope Pius X canonized a saint 1954 Event - KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast 1953 Event - KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting 1952 Birthday - Christopher Cox, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Representative-R-California 1989 - 2005 1946 Birthday - Susan Saint James, Miller, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, McMillian and Wife 1946 Event - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint 1944 Birthday - Katherine Kurtz, UK, sci-fi author, Deryni Rising, Saint Camber 1940 Birthday - Bruce Vento, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Representative-D-Minnesota 1977 - 2000 1938 Event - America's 1st saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, beatified 1938 Birthday - Bill Emerson, born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri 1981 - 1996 1937 Birthday - Emile Ford, born in Saint Lucia, West Indies, rocker, singer, guitarist, produced UK chart-topper 'What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?,' recorded for Pye Records 1936 Birthday - Yves Saint Laurent, born in Algeria, greatest French fashion designer of the 20th century 1932 Birthday - Tod Dockstader, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, composer, musique concrete, electronic music, principle work, Quartermass 1927 Birthday - Dominick Argento, York Penn, composer, Colonel Jonathan the Saint 1927 Birthday - Roger Moore, born in London, England, actor, Alaskans, Maverick, Saint 1926 Birthday - Barbara Jefford, actress, Saint, Reunion, Ulysses 1924 Birthday - Eva Marie Saint, born in Newark, New Jersey, actress, On the Waterfront 1924 Birthday - Eva Marie Saint, born in Newark, New Jersey, actress, Sandpiper, Loving, Exodus 1924 Event - Premiere of Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan," in London 1923 Birthday - Siobhan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress, Saint Joan 1922 Event - WEW-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions 1922 Event - KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions 1920 Event - Joan of Arc (Jean D'arc) canonized a saint 1917 Death - Francesca Saveria Cabrini, U.S. saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67 1917 Birthday - John Whiting, British dramatist/actor, Saint's Day 1909 Birthday - Arwel Hughes, born in Wales, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn 1909 Event - Joan of Arc declared a saint 1907 Birthday - Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer, Enter the Saint 1906 Death - Elisabeth Saint Drieeenheid, French mystic (Souvenirs), dies at 26 1903 Death - Gemma Galgani, Italian saint, dies at 25 1891 Birthday - Henry Oscar, born in London, England, actor, Saint in London 1891 Birthday - Jonathan Hale, actor, Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back 1888 Birthday - Johanna E F G, Bachigaloupi, Tourniaire, actress, Saint Joan 1882 Birthday - Sybil Thorndike, England, actress, Saint Joan 1880 Birthday - Elisabeth of Saint Drieeenheid, Catez, French mystic, Souvenirs 1878 Birthday - Gemma Galgani, Italian saint 1865 Birthday - Tikhon Toropets, Pskov Russia, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint 1860 Death - St. John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male U.S. saint, dies 1850 Birthday - Francesca Xavier Cabrini, Mother Cabrini, 1st U.S. saint 1850 Death - Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54 1844 Birthday - Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, St. Bernadette of Lourdes, saint/visionary 1836 Birthday - Ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint, preached unity of religions 1835 Birthday - Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten 1833 Death - Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder/saint, dies at 26 1821 Death - Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland 1816 Event - Bavarian joins Saint Alliance 1795 Birthday - Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint 1787 Death - Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90 1774 Birthday - Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint, 1975 1719 Death - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theory/saint, dies at 67 1693 Death - Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies 1690 Death - Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43 1654 Death - Peter Claver, Spanish saint (baptized 300,000 slaves), dies 1651 Birthday - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theorist/saint 1648 Event - French premier cardinal Mazarin calls Saint Louis Chamber together 1647 Birthday - Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint 1646 Event - Mass uses death penalty for denying that Saint Copybook is God's word 1644 Birthday - Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature, David's holy saint graduals 1639 Death - Martinus de Porres, Peru saint (patron of social justice), dies at 69 1624 Death - Anne of Saint Bartolomaeus, Flemish nun/monk/saint, dies at 74 1622 Death - Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 1622 Death - Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman 1622 Event - Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint 1614 Death - Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64 1608 Death - Francesco Caracciolo, Italian religious founder/saint, dies at 44 1599 Birthday - Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit and saint 1597 Death - Petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76 1595 Death - Philippus Nerius, Filippo Neri, Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79 1591 Death - Juan de la Cruz, de Yepes, Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies 1591 Death - Aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies 1587 Death - Felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies 1585 Event - Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville 1582 Death - Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint 1572 Death - Francisco Borgia, theologist/saint, dies at 61 1571 Event - Battle at Lepanto: Saint League (Spain and Italy) destroys Turkish fleet 1571 Event - Venice, Spain and Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League 1569 Birthday - Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint, patron of social justice 1568 Birthday - Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince, jesuit and saint 1567 Birthday - Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint 1567 Birthday - Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman 1563 Birthday - Francesco Caracciolo, Italian religious founder/saint, Caracciolini 1562 Death - Petrus van Alcantara, Spanish Franciscan saint, dies 1556 Death - Saint Ignatius, Spanish Saint 1555 Death - Thomas Villanova, Spanish saint/archbishop of Valencia, dies 1550 Birthday - Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint 1550 Death - Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55 1547 Death - Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies 1542 Birthday - Juan de la Cruz, de Yepes, Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint 1540 Birthday - Edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr, Decem Rationes 1539 Death - Antonio M Zaccaria, Italian physician/saint, dies 1521 Birthday - Peter Canisius, Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs, jesuit/saint 1515 Birthday - Theresa of Avila, Spanish mystic writer/saint 1515 Birthday - Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint 1515 Birthday - Saint Teresa, Spanish Saint 1511 Event - England signs on to the Saint League 1511 Event - Eedgenootschap signs anti-French Saint League 1510 Birthday - Francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint 1506 Birthday - Francis Xavier, saint and Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, and Japan 1505 Death - Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40 1504 Birthday - Pius V, Antonio Ghislieri saint, pope, 1566 - 1772 1495 Event - Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella and Venice sign anti-French Saint League 1495 Birthday - Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder, Brothers of Mercy 1492 Event - Haiti discovered by Columbus, at Mole Saint Nicolas 1491 Birthday - Saint Ignatius, Spanish Saint 1487 Death - Nicholas van Flue, Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies 1484 Death - Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25 1479 Death - Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies 1478 Birthday - Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint, Utopia 1474 Birthday - Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint 1459 Death - Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies 1458 Birthday - Kazimierz de Saint, Polish ruler/saint 1455 Death - Laurentius Justitianus, Lorenzo Giustiniani, saint, dies at 73 1450 Death - Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70 1444 Death - Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63 1443 Death - Ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies 1433 Death - Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch mystic (Christ's Bride)/saint, dies at 53 1420 Event - Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike 1402 Birthday - Ferdinand, the Saint, Portuguese slave of Fez/saint 1393 Death - Johannes Nepomucenus, Jan Nepomucky, Czechoslovakian saint, killed 1392 Death - Sergius van Radonesj, Russian saint, dies at 78 1381 Birthday - Laurentius Justitianus, Lorenzo Giustiniani, saint 1380 Birthday - Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint 1380 Birthday - Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint 1380 Birthday - Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint 1374 Death - Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies 1373 Death - Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies 1359 Death - Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies 1341 Death - Juliana van Falconieri, Italian saint/Swedish tenor, dies 1336 Death - Elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65 1317 Death - Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies 1314 Birthday - Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint 1305 Death - Nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies 1274 Death - John F Bonaventura, Italian/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies 1274 Death - Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48 1272 Death - Zita/Cita, Italian maid/saint, dies at about 59 1270 Death - Louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56 1267 Death - Gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies 1260 Death - Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies 1258 Death - Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies 1254 Death - Johannes III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (1222-54)/saint, dies 1249 Death - Adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies 1246 Death - Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64 1240 Death - Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies 1236 Death - Sava [Rastko], son of Serbia's king/saint, dies at 64 1225 Death - Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40 1222 Birthday - Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest and saint 1213 Death - Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53 1192 Death - Albert I van Leuven/Luik, Belgian bishop of Luik/saint, dies at 27 1189 Death - Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies 1167 Death - Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 1160 Birthday - Johannes de Matha, French saint/founder, Trinitarians 1160 Death - Erik IX Helgi, The Saint, King of Sweden, dies 1153 Death - Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies 1142 Death - Gulielmus of Vercelli, Italian hermit/monastery founder/saint, dies 1134 Death - Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Cateaux/saint, dies 1124 Death - Stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies 1116 Death - Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies 1109 Death - Hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies 1109 Death - Albericus of Cateaux, French saint, dies 1086 Death - Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered 1085 Death - Irmgarde van Keulen, German countress of Aspel/saint, dies 1073 Death - Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies 1073 Death - Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies 1054 Death - Bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies 1031 Event - Abbot Humbertus van Echternach opens grave of Saint Willibrord 1012 Death - Guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies 1010 Death - Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69 1004 Death - Abbo van Fleury, Floriacensis, French abbott/saint, dies 1004 Event - Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy 1004 Event - Henry II the Saint crowned as king of Italy 1002 Event - German king Henry II the Saint crowned 999 Death - Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68 921 Death - Ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies 917 Death - Radboud, bishop of Utrecht/Deventer (900-17)/saint, dies 916 Death - Kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies 891 Death - Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies 867 Death - Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies 865 Death - Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies 826 Death - Theodorus Studites, Byzantine theologist/poet/saint, dies 821 Death - Benedict of Aniane, saint, dies 809 Death - Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66 779 Death - Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies 754 Death - Boniface, Winfrid, English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79 739 Death - Willibrord, Clemens, 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81 729 Death - Egbertus, English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89 727 Death - Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72 709 Death - Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, English abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69 689 Death - Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies 672 Death - Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies 660 Death - Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies 659 Death - Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32 641 Event - Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon 640 Death - Acharius, bishop of Noyon/saint, dies 638 Death - Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies 615 Death - Columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies 587 Death - Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies 545 Death - Chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70 540 Death - Vedastus St. Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies 533 Death - Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint, dies about 96 482 Death - Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies 482 Death - Severinus, saint, dies 439 Death - Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56 430 Death - Saint Augustine, saint and Doctor of the Church, patron saint of brweers, printers, and theologians, dies at age 75 397 Death - Ambrosius, Governor of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies 379 Death - Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies 354 Birthday - Saint Augustine, born in Souk Ahras, Algeria, saint and Doctor of the Church, patron saint of brweers, printers, and theologians 352 Death - Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies 336 Event - Saint Mark elected Catholic Pope 312 Death - Lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint, dies 303 Death - George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded 303 Death - George, knight of Cappadocie?/saint/patron of England, beheaded 290 Death - [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated 290 Death - [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed 267 Death - Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies 258 Death - Thascius C Cyprian, Saint/Bishop of Carthage, dies at 58 250 Event - Saint Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50) 250 Death - Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies 155 Death - Pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies |
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