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2008 Yves Saint Laurent, dies in Paris, France at 71

2004 World Series, Boston Red Sox beat Saint Louis Cardinals 4 games to 0

2002 Bruce Paltrow, producer, Saint Elsewhere, dies at 60

1997 Saint Luke's Senior Golf Classic

1993 Leslie Charteris, British mystery writer (Saint), dies at 85

1993 Pope John Paul II declares Duns Scotus, a saint

1993 "Saint Joan" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 49 performances

1991 Leueen McGrath, actress (Edward My Son, Saint's Vacation), dies at 77

1989 Tikhon Toropets, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint, dies at 123

1988 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 Pope John Paul II canonizes Reverend M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint

1979 Iran Ayatollah Khomeini demands Saint War against Kurds

1978 Saint Maarten Patriotic Movement (SPM) forms under W James

1977 Pope Paul VI makes 19th-cen bishop John Neumann 1st U.S. male saint

1975 Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became 1st Irish-born saint in 7 centuries

1975 Pope Paul VI declares Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton 1st U.S. saint

1975 Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton canonized as 1st US-born saint

1973 Gavin Hassett, born in Saint John, New Brunswick, rower 1996 Olympics

1969 Henry Oscar, actor (Saint in London), dies at 78

1969 KDNL TV channel 30 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting

1967 Margo Malowney, born in Saint John, New Brunswick, volleyball player 1996 Olympics

1959 KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting

1957 Jacques Fesch, French political assassin/saint?, beheaded at about 26

1957 KTVI TV channel 2 in Saint Louis, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting

1955 "Saint of Bleecker St" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 92 performances

1954 "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 92 performances

1954 Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Saint," premieres in New York City

1954 KETC TV channel 9 in Saint Louis, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting

1954 Pope Pius X canonized a saint

1954 KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast

1953 KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting

1952 Christopher Cox, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Representative-R-California 1989 - 2005

1946 Susan Saint James, Miller, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, McMillian and Wife

1946 Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint

1944 Katherine Kurtz, UK, sci-fi author, Deryni Rising, Saint Camber

1940 Bruce Vento, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Representative-D-Minnesota 1977 - 2000

1938 America's 1st saint, Mother Frances Cabrini, beatified

1938 Bill Emerson, born in Saint Louis, Missouri, Representative-R-Missouri 1981 - 1996

1937 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 Yves Saint Laurent, born in Algeria, greatest French fashion designer of the 20th century

1932 Tod Dockstader, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, composer, musique concrete, electronic music, principle work, Quartermass

1927 Dominick Argento, York Penn, composer, Colonel Jonathan the Saint

1927 Roger Moore, born in London, England, actor, Alaskans, Maverick, Saint

1926 Barbara Jefford, actress, Saint, Reunion, Ulysses

1924 Eva Marie Saint, born in Newark, New Jersey, actress, On the Waterfront

1924 Eva Marie Saint, born in Newark, New Jersey, actress, Sandpiper, Loving, Exodus

1924 Premiere of Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan," in London

1923 Siobhan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress, Saint Joan

1922 WEW-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions

1922 KSD-AM in Saint Louis Missouri begins radio transmissions

1920 Joan of Arc (Jean D'arc) canonized a saint

1917 Francesca Saveria Cabrini, U.S. saint/patron of immigrant, dies at 67

1917 John Whiting, British dramatist/actor, Saint's Day

1909 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 Joan of Arc declared a saint

1907 Leslie Charteris, English/US detective writer, Enter the Saint

1906 Elisabeth Saint Drieeenheid, French mystic (Souvenirs), dies at 26

1903 Gemma Galgani, Italian saint, dies at 25

1891 Henry Oscar, born in London, England, actor, Saint in London

1891 Jonathan Hale, actor, Saint's Double Trouble, Saint Strikes Back

1888 Johanna E F G, Bachigaloupi, Tourniaire, actress, Saint Joan

1882 Sybil Thorndike, England, actress, Saint Joan

1880 Elisabeth of Saint Drieeenheid, Catez, French mystic, Souvenirs

1878 Gemma Galgani, Italian saint

1865 Tikhon Toropets, Pskov Russia, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint

1860 St. John Nepomucene Neumann, 1st male U.S. saint, dies

1850 Francesca Xavier Cabrini, Mother Cabrini, 1st U.S. saint

1850 Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint, dies at 54

1844 Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, St. Bernadette of Lourdes, saint/visionary

1836 Ramakrishna, Hooghly Bengal, Hindu saint, preached unity of religions

1835 Hendrik E van Rijgersma, Dutch gouvernement doctor on Saint Maarten

1833 Bartolommea Capitanio, Italian monastery founder/saint, dies at 26

1821 Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland

1816 Bavarian joins Saint Alliance

1795 Vincenzo Pallotti, Italian saint

1787 Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90

1774 Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint, 1975

1719 Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theory/saint, dies at 67

1693 Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies

1690 Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43

1654 Peter Claver, Spanish saint (baptized 300,000 slaves), dies

1651 Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theorist/saint

1648 French premier cardinal Mazarin calls Saint Louis Chamber together

1647 Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint

1646 Mass uses death penalty for denying that Saint Copybook is God's word

1644 Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature, David's holy saint graduals

1639 Martinus de Porres, Peru saint (patron of social justice), dies at 69

1624 Anne of Saint Bartolomaeus, Flemish nun/monk/saint, dies at 74

1622 Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55

1622 Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman

1622 Ignatius of Loyola declared a saint

1614 Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint, dies at 64

1608 Francesco Caracciolo, Italian religious founder/saint, dies at 44

1599 Johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit and saint

1597 Petrus Canisius, Dutch jesuit/saint, dies at 76

1595 Philippus Nerius, Filippo Neri, Italian merchant/saint, dies at 79

1591 Juan de la Cruz, de Yepes, Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint, dies

1591 Aloysius [Luigi] van Gonzaga, Prince/Italian Jesuit saint, dies

1587 Felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies

1585 Spain and Catholic France sign Saint League of Joinville

1582 Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

1572 Francisco Borgia, theologist/saint, dies at 61

1571 Battle at Lepanto: Saint League (Spain and Italy) destroys Turkish fleet

1571 Venice, Spain and Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League

1569 Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint, patron of social justice

1568 Aloysius "Luigi" van Gonzaga, Italian prince, jesuit and saint

1567 Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint

1567 Saint Francis de Sales, Swiss Clergyman

1563 Francesco Caracciolo, Italian religious founder/saint, Caracciolini

1562 Petrus van Alcantara, Spanish Franciscan saint, dies

1556 Saint Ignatius, Spanish Saint

1555 Thomas Villanova, Spanish saint/archbishop of Valencia, dies

1550 Camillus de Lellis, Italian soldier/monastery founder/saint

1550 Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint (Brothers of Mercy), dies at 55

1547 Cajetanus van Thiene, Italian saint, dies

1542 Juan de la Cruz, de Yepes, Spanish Carmelet/poet/saint

1540 Edmund Campion, London, saint/Jesuit martyr, Decem Rationes

1539 Antonio M Zaccaria, Italian physician/saint, dies

1521 Peter Canisius, Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs, jesuit/saint

1515 Theresa of Avila, Spanish mystic writer/saint

1515 Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Saint

1515 Saint Teresa, Spanish Saint

1511 England signs on to the Saint League

1511 Eedgenootschap signs anti-French Saint League

1510 Francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint

1506 Francis Xavier, saint and Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, and Japan

1505 Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40

1504 Pius V, Antonio Ghislieri saint, pope, 1566 - 1772

1495 Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella and Venice sign anti-French Saint League

1495 Juan de Dios, Port/Sp saint/founder, Brothers of Mercy

1492 Haiti discovered by Columbus, at Mole Saint Nicolas

1491 Saint Ignatius, Spanish Saint

1487 Nicholas van Flue, Swiss saint/patron of Switzerland, dies

1484 Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25

1479 Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies

1478 Thomas More, lawyer/lord chancellor of England/saint, Utopia

1474 Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint

1459 Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies

1458 Kazimierz de Saint, Polish ruler/saint

1455 Laurentius Justitianus, Lorenzo Giustiniani, saint, dies at 73

1450 Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint, dies at 70

1444 Bernardinus van Siena, Italian saint, dies at 63

1443 Ferdinand, Portuguese saint/slave to Fez, dies

1433 Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch mystic (Christ's Bride)/saint, dies at 53

1420 Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike

1402 Ferdinand, the Saint, Portuguese slave of Fez/saint

1393 Johannes Nepomucenus, Jan Nepomucky, Czechoslovakian saint, killed

1392 Sergius van Radonesj, Russian saint, dies at 78

1381 Laurentius Justitianus, Lorenzo Giustiniani, saint

1380 Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint

1380 Johannes van Capestrano, Italian saint

1380 Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint

1374 Andreas Corsini, Italian saint/bishop of Fiesole, dies

1373 Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies

1359 Gregorius Palamas, Byzantine mystic/archbishop/saint, dies

1341 Juliana van Falconieri, Italian saint/Swedish tenor, dies

1336 Elisabeth van Portugal, queen of Portugal/saint, dies at about 65

1317 Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies

1314 Sergius of Radonesh, Russian saint

1305 Nicholas van Tolentino, Italian saint, dies

1274 John F Bonaventura, Italian/French theologist/dominican/saint, dies

1274 Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48

1272 Zita/Cita, Italian maid/saint, dies at about 59

1270 Louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56

1267 Gozzolini Silvester, Italian hermit/saint, dies

1260 Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies

1258 Julian of Cornillon/Liege, Flemish visionary/saint, dies

1254 Johannes III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (1222-54)/saint, dies

1249 Adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies

1246 Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64

1240 Edmund Van Abingdon, archbishop of Canterbury/saint, dies

1236 Sava [Rastko], son of Serbia's king/saint, dies at 64

1225 Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40

1222 Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest and saint

1213 Jean de Matha, French saint, dies at 53

1192 Albert I van Leuven/Luik, Belgian bishop of Luik/saint, dies at 27

1189 Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies

1167 Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56

1160 Johannes de Matha, French saint/founder, Trinitarians

1160 Erik IX Helgi, The Saint, King of Sweden, dies

1153 Bernard[us] van Clairvaux, French saint, dies

1142 Gulielmus of Vercelli, Italian hermit/monastery founder/saint, dies

1134 Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Cateaux/saint, dies

1124 Stefanus of Thiers/Muret, founder of order of Grammond/saint, dies

1116 Ivo van Chartres, French canonist/bishop of Chartres/saint, dies

1109 Hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies

1109 Albericus of Cateaux, French saint, dies

1086 Knut IV, the Saint, king of Denmark (1080-86), murdered

1085 Irmgarde van Keulen, German countress of Aspel/saint, dies

1073 Domingo, Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint, dies

1073 Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies

1054 Bernold[us] Benno/Bernulphus, bishop of Utrecht (1027-54)/saint, dies

1031 Abbot Humbertus van Echternach opens grave of Saint Willibrord

1012 Guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies

1010 Ansfried, 9th bishop of Utrecht (995-1010)/saint, dies at about 69

1004 Abbo van Fleury, Floriacensis, French abbott/saint, dies

1004 Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy

1004 Henry II the Saint crowned as king of Italy

1002 German king Henry II the Saint crowned

999 Adelheid the Saint, German empress of Otto I/saint, dies at about 68

921 Ludmilla, wife of 1st christian Bohemian king Borijov I/saint, dies

917 Radboud, bishop of Utrecht/Deventer (900-17)/saint, dies

916 Kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies

891 Photius, Byzantine theologist/patriarch of Constantinople/saint, dies

867 Theodora, the Saint, beauty queen/empress of Byzantine, dies

865 Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies

826 Theodorus Studites, Byzantine theologist/poet/saint, dies

821 Benedict of Aniane, saint, dies

809 Liudger, missionary/1st bishop of Munster/saint, dies at about 66

779 Walburgis, Anglo-Saxon abbess/saint (Walpurgis Night), dies

754 Boniface, Winfrid, English saint/archbishop (Dokkum), dies at 79

739 Willibrord, Clemens, 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81

729 Egbertus, English bishop/saint, dies in Iona at 89

727 Hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72

709 Aldhelmus of Ealdhelm, English abbot/bishop/poet/saint, dies at about 69

689 Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies

672 Vitalianus, pope (657-72)/saint, dies

660 Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies

659 Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about 32

641 Eligius (Saint Eloy) becomes bishop of Doornik-Noyon

640 Acharius, bishop of Noyon/saint, dies

638 Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies

615 Columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies

587 Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar/saint, dies

545 Chlotilde, wife of French king Clovis/saint, dies at about 70

540 Vedastus St. Vaast, 1st bishop of Atrecht/saint, dies

533 Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint, dies about 96

482 Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, dies

482 Severinus, saint, dies

439 Melania the Younger, Roman monastery founder/saint, dies at about 56

430 Saint Augustine, saint and Doctor of the Church, patron saint of brweers, printers, and theologians, dies at age 75

397 Ambrosius, Governor of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies

379 Basilius the Great, of Caesarea, saint (Moralia), dies

354 Saint Augustine, born in Souk Ahras, Algeria, saint and Doctor of the Church, patron saint of brweers, printers, and theologians

352 Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies

336 Saint Mark elected Catholic Pope

312 Lucianus of Antioch, theologist/saint, dies

303 George, knight/saint/patron of England, beheaded

303 George, knight of Cappadocie?/saint/patron of England, beheaded

290 [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated

290 [Christian] Bacchus, roman soldier/martyred saint, killed

267 Dionysius, bishop of Rome/saint, dies

258 Thascius C Cyprian, Saint/Bishop of Carthage, dies at 58

250 Saint Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50)

250 Fabianus, Pope (236-50)/saint, dies

155 Pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies


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