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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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