{"id":41127,"date":"2024-07-01T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T05:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicbard\/?p=41127"},"modified":"2024-06-24T22:21:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T03:21:02","slug":"this-month-in-life-july-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicbard\/2024\/07\/this-month-in-life-july-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"This Month in Life July 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Monday July 1, 2024
\nUSA: Saint Jun\u00edpero Serra, Priest; BVM<\/p>\n

Day 182: The Inescapable God \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>
\nDay 182: The Signs of Bread and Wine \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

• \n1523 \u2013 Jan van Essen and Hendrik Vos become the first Lutheran martyrs, burned at the stake by Roman Catholic authorities in Brussels.<\/li>\n

• 1770<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lexell\u2019s Comet<\/a>\u00a0is seen closer to the Earth than any other comet in recorded history, approaching to a distance of 0.0146\u00a0astronomical units<\/a>\u00a0(2,180,000\u00a0km; 1,360,000\u00a0mi).<\/li>\n

• 1862<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Russian State Library<\/a>\u00a0is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.<\/li>\n

• 1870<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0United States Department of Justice<\/a>\u00a0formally comes into existence.<\/li>\n

• 1873<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Prince Edward Island<\/a>\u00a0joins into\u00a0Canadian Confederation<\/a>.<\/li>\n

• 1878<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Canada joins the\u00a0Universal Postal Union<\/a>.<\/li>\n

• 1946<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Crossroads Able<\/a> is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.<\/li>\n

• 1966<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The first\u00a0color television<\/a>\u00a0transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.<\/li>\n

• 1978<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Northern Territory<\/a>\u00a0in Australia is granted self-government.<\/li>\n

• 1979<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Sony<\/a>\u00a0introduces the\u00a0Walkman<\/a>.<\/li>\n

• 1980<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 \u201cO Canada<\/a>\u201d officially becomes the\u00a0national anthem<\/a>\u00a0of Canada.<\/li>\n

• 2007<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Smoking in England is\u00a0banned<\/a>\u00a0in all public indoor spaces.<\/li>\n

• 2023-Twitter users report problems accessing the site in latest outage : NPR<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  
  Tuesday\u00a0 July 2, 2024<\/p>\n

  Day 183: Israel Falls to Assyria \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>
  \n\u00a0Day 183: The Mass of All Ages \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

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  • 1613<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The first English expedition (from\u00a0Virginia<\/a>) against\u00a0Acadia<\/a>\u00a0led by\u00a0Samuel Argall<\/a>\u00a0takes place.<\/li>\n

  • 1839<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Twenty miles off the coast of\u00a0Cuba<\/a>, 53 kidnapped Africans led by\u00a0Joseph Cinqu\u00e9<\/a>\u00a0mutiny and take over the slave ship\u00a0Amistad<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n

  • 1962<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The first\u00a0Walmart<\/a>\u00a0store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in\u00a0Rogers, Arkansas<\/a>.<\/li>\n

  • 2005<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Live 8<\/a>\u00a0benefit concerts takes place in the\u00a0G8<\/a>\u00a0states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks.<\/li>\n

  • 2013<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0International Astronomical Union<\/a>\u00a0names\u00a0Pluto\u2019s fourth and fifth moons<\/a>,\u00a0Kerberos<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Styx<\/a>.<\/li>\n

  • 2023-Violence appears to be lessening in French protests over teen\u2019s killing : NPR<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n*
    ** Wednesday\u00a0 July 3, 2024
    *\nSaint Thomas, Apostle<\/p>\n

    \u00a0Day 184: Hezekiah Reigns \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>*
    *\nDay 184: The Movement of the Mass \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1608<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Qu\u00e9bec City<\/a>\u00a0is founded by\u00a0Samuel de Champlain<\/a>.<\/li>\n1767<\/strong> \u2013 Norway\u2019s oldest newspaper still in print,\u00a0Adresseavisen<\/em><\/a>, is founded and the first edition is published.<\/li>\n**1839<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The first state\u00a0normal school<\/a>\u00a0in the United States, the forerunner to today\u2019s\u00a0Framingham State University<\/a>, opens in\u00a0Lexington, Massachusetts<\/a>\u00a0with three students.<\/li>\n1884<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Dow Jones & Company<\/a>\u00a0publishes its first stock average.<\/li>\n1886 \u2013 The\u00a0New-York Tribune<\/em><\/a>\u00a0becomes the first newspaper to use a\u00a0linotype machine<\/a>, eliminating\u00a0typesetting<\/a>\u00a0by hand.<\/li>\n1890<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Idaho<\/a>\u00a0is admitted as the 43rd\u00a0U.S. state<\/a>.<\/li>\n1947<\/a> \u2013 Humorist newspaper and book author Dave Barry<\/a> arrives on planet earth.<\/li>\n1952<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Constitution of Puerto Rico<\/a>\u00a0is approved by the\u00a0United States Congress<\/a>.<\/li>\n1973<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0David Bowie<\/a>\u00a0retires his stage persona\u00a0Ziggy Stardust<\/a>\u00a0with the surprise announcement that it is \u201cthe last show that we\u2019ll ever do\u201d on the last day of the\u00a0Ziggy Stardust Tour<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** \u00a0<\/strong>Thursday July 4, 2024
    \nU.S.A. Independence Day
    ***\nBlessed Pier Giorgio Frassati (April 6, 1901 \u2013\u00a0 July 4, 1925)<\/p>\n**

    riginally called \u201cYankee Doodle\u201d, this is one of several versions of a scene painted by A. M. Willard that came to be known as The Spirit of \u201976. Often imitated or parodied, it is a familiar symbol of American patriotism.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    Day 185: Hezekiah\u2019s Prayer \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 185: Thanksgiving, Memorial, Presence \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n993<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ulrich of Augsburg<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0canonized<\/a> as a saint. He was\u00a0Prince-Bishopric of Augsburg<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Germany<\/a>. He was the first\u00a0saint<\/a>\u00a0to be\u00a0canonized<\/a>\u00a0not by a local authority but by the\u00a0Pope<\/a>.<\/li>\n1776<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0American Revolution<\/a>: The\u00a0United States Declaration of Independence<\/a>\u00a0is adopted by the\u00a0Second Continental Congress<\/a>.<\/li>\n1802<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0United States Military Academy<\/a>\u00a0opens at\u00a0West Point, New York<\/a>.<\/li>\n1803<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Louisiana Purchase<\/a>\u00a0is announced to the American people.<\/li>\n1831<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Samuel Francis Smith<\/a>\u00a0writes \u201cMy Country, \u2018Tis of Thee<\/a>\u201d for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities.<\/li>\n1832<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0John Neal<\/a>\u00a0delivers the first public lecture in the US to advocate the rights of women.<\/li>\n1838<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Iowa Territory<\/a>\u00a0is organized.<\/li>\n1845<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Henry David Thoreau<\/a>\u00a0moves into a small cabin on\u00a0Walden Pond<\/a>\u00a0in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau\u2019s account of his two years there,\u00a0Walden<\/em><\/a>, will become a touchstone of the environmental movement.<\/li>\n1855<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The first edition of\u00a0Walt Whitman<\/a>\u2018s book of poems,\u00a0Leaves of Grass<\/em><\/a>, is published in\u00a0Brooklyn<\/a>.<\/li>\n1862<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Lewis Carroll<\/a>\u00a0tells\u00a0Alice Liddell<\/a>\u00a0a story that would grow into\u00a0Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and its sequels.<\/li>\n2004<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The cornerstone of the\u00a0Freedom Tower<\/a>\u00a0is laid on the\u00a0World Trade Center site<\/a>\u00a0in New York City.<\/li>\n2009<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Statue of Liberty<\/a>\u2018s crown reopens to the public after eight years of closure due to security concerns following the\u00a0September 11 attacks<\/a>.<\/li>\n2023-3 killed, 8 injured in Forth Worth shooting (msn.com)<\/a><\/li>\n2023-5 people dead, 2 children injured in Philadelphia mass shooting, police say (msn.com)<\/a><\/li>\n2024-BACK TO THE FUTURE was released 39 years ago today.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** Friday\u00a0 July 5, 2024
    ***\n[Saint Anthony Zaccaria, Priest; USA: Saint Elizabeth of Portugal]\n<\/p>

    Day 186: Struggles with Self-Interest \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 186: The Sacrificial Memorial \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1687<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Isaac Newton<\/a>\u00a0publishes\u00a0Philosophi\u00e6 Naturalis Principia Mathematica<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n1852<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Frederick Douglass<\/a>\u00a0delivers his \u201cWhat to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?<\/a>\u201d speech in\u00a0Rochester, New York<\/a>.[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n1859<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The United States discovers and claims\u00a0Midway Atoll<\/a>.<\/li>\n1865<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0United States Secret Service<\/a>\u00a0begins operation.<\/li>\n1915<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Liberty Bell<\/a>\u00a0leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the\u00a0Panama\u2013Pacific International Exposition<\/a>. This is the last trip outside\u00a0Philadelphia<\/a>\u00a0that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.<\/li>\n1937<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Spam<\/a>, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the\u00a0Hormel Foods Corporation<\/a>.<\/li>\n1954 \u2013\u00a0Elvis Presley<\/a>\u00a0records his first single, \u201cThat\u2019s All Right<\/a>\u201c, at\u00a0Sun Records<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Memphis, Tennessee<\/a>.<\/li>\n1984<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0United States Supreme Court<\/a>\u00a0gives its\u00a0United States v. Leon<\/em><\/a>\u00a0decision providing a\u00a0good-faith exception<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0Fourth Amendment<\/a>\u00a0exclusionary rule<\/a>\u00a0against use of evidence obtained through defective warrants in criminal trials.<\/li>\n2012<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Shard<\/a>\u00a0in London is inaugurated as the\u00a0tallest building in Europe<\/a>, with a height of 310 metres (1,020\u00a0ft).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** ***Saturday July 6, 2024<\/p>\n

    Day 187: Praying for Time \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 187: The Church\u2019s Sacrificial Unity \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1348<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pope Clement VI<\/a>\u00a0issues a\u00a0papal bull<\/a>\u00a0protecting<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0Jews accused<\/a>\u00a0of having caused the\u00a0Black Death<\/a>.<\/li>\n1751<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pope Benedict XIV<\/a>\u00a0suppresses the\u00a0Patriarchate of Aquileia<\/a>\u00a0and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Udine<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Gorizia<\/a>.<\/li>\n1917<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0World War I<\/a>:\u00a0Arabian<\/a>\u00a0troops led by\u00a0T. E. Lawrence<\/a>\u00a0(\u201cLawrence of Arabia\u201d) and\u00a0Auda ibu Tayi<\/a>\u00a0capture\u00a0Aqaba<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0Ottoman Empire<\/a>\u00a0during the\u00a0Arab Revolt<\/a>.<\/li>\n1939<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany<\/a>\u00a0closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises.<\/li>\n1942<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Anne Frank<\/a>\u00a0and her family go into hiding in the \u201cSecret Annexe<\/a>\u201d above her father\u2019s office in an\u00a0Amsterdam<\/a>\u00a0warehouse.<\/li>\n1944<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jackie Robinson<\/a>\u00a0refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a\u00a0court-martial<\/a>.<\/li>\n1957 \u2013\u00a0John Lennon<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Paul McCartney<\/a>\u00a0meet for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles.<\/li>\n1962 \u2013\u00a0The Late Late Show<\/em><\/a>, the world\u2019s longest-running\u00a0chat show<\/a>\u00a0by the same broadcaster, airs on\u00a0RT\u00c9 One<\/a>\u00a0for the first time.<\/li>\n2022<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Georgia Guidestones<\/a>, a monument in the United States, are heavily damaged in a bombing, and are dismantled later the same day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** Sunday\u00a0 July 7, 2024
    ***\n[Saint Maria Goretti, Virgin and Martyr]\nFOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME<\/p>\n

    Day 188: The Book of the Law \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\n\u00a0Day 188: Christ\u2019s Presence in the Eucharist \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1520<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Spanish\u00a0conquistadores<\/em><\/a>\u00a0defeat a larger\u00a0Aztec<\/a>\u00a0army at the\u00a0Battle of Otumba<\/a>.<\/li>\n1865<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Four conspirators in the\u00a0assassination of Abraham Lincoln<\/a>\u00a0are hanged.<\/li>\n1946 \u2013\u00a0Howard Hughes<\/a>\u00a0nearly dies when his\u00a0XF-11<\/a>\u00a0reconnaissance aircraft<\/a>\u00a0prototype crashes in a\u00a0Beverly Hills<\/a>\u00a0neighborhood.<\/li>\n1958<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 US President\u00a0Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/a>\u00a0signs the\u00a0Alaska Statehood Act<\/a>\u00a0into\u00a0law<\/a>.<\/li>\n2007<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The first\u00a0Live Earth<\/a>\u00a0benefit concert was held in 11 locations around the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** Monday July 8, 2024
    ***\nSts Prisca and Aquilla<\/p>\n

    Day 189: Follow the Lord \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 189: Worship of the Eucharist \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1579<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Our Lady of Kazan<\/a>, a holy\u00a0icon<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0Russian Orthodox Church<\/a>, is discovered underground in the city of\u00a0Kazan<\/a>,\u00a0Tatarstan<\/a>.<\/li>\n1776<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Church bells (possibly including the\u00a0Liberty Bell<\/a>) are rung after\u00a0John Nixon<\/a>\u00a0delivers the first public reading of the\u00a0Declaration of Independence of the United States<\/a>.<\/li>\n1889<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The first issue of\u00a0The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is published.<\/li>\n1898<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The death of crime boss\u00a0Soapy Smith<\/a>, killed in the\u00a0Shootout on Juneau Wharf<\/a>, releases\u00a0Skagway, Alaska<\/a>\u00a0from his iron grip.<\/li>\n1970<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Richard Nixon<\/a>\u00a0delivers a special congressional message enunciating\u00a0Native American self-determination<\/a>\u00a0as official US Indian policy, leading to the\u00a0Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975<\/a>.<\/li>\n1994<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Kim Jong Il<\/a>\u00a0begins to assume\u00a0supreme leadership<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0North Korea<\/a>\u00a0upon the death of his father,\u00a0Kim Il Sung<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** Tuesday July 9, 2024
    ***\nSaint Augustine Zhao Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs]\n<\/p>

    Day 190: Judah is Overrun \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 190: Receiving Holy Communion \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n381<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The end of the\u00a0First Council<\/a>\u00a0of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor\u00a0Theodosius I<\/a><\/li>\n1540<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 King\u00a0Henry VIII of England<\/a>\u00a0annuls his marriage to his fourth wife,\u00a0Anne of Cleves<\/a>.<\/li>\n1572<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Nineteen Catholics<\/a>\u00a0suffer martyrdom for their beliefs in the Dutch town of\u00a0Gorkum<\/a>.<\/li>\n1762<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Catherine the Great<\/a>\u00a0becomes Empress of Russia following the coup against her husband,\u00a0Peter III<\/a>.<\/li>\n1763<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Mozart family grand tour<\/a>\u00a0of Europe began, lifting the profile of prodigal son\u00a0Wolfgang Amadeus<\/a>.<\/li>\n1850<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 U.S. President\u00a0Zachary Taylor<\/a>\u00a0dies after eating raw fruit and iced milk; he is succeeded in office by Vice President\u00a0Millard Fillmore<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** ***Wednesday\u00a0 July 10, 2024<\/p>\n

    \nDay 191: The Babylonian Exile \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 191: The Eucharist Changes Us \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n1890<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Wyoming <\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>is admitted as the 44th\u00a0U.S. state<\/a>.<\/li>\n1921<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Belfast\u2019s Bloody Sunday<\/a>\u00a0occurs with 20 killings, at least 100 wounded and 200 homes destroyed during rioting and gun battles in\u00a0Belfast<\/a>,\u00a0Northern Ireland<\/a>.<\/li>\n1925<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Scopes Trial<\/a>: In\u00a0Dayton, Tennessee<\/a>, the so-called \u201cMonkey Trial\u201d begins of\u00a0John T. Scopes<\/a>, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching\u00a0evolution<\/a>\u00a0in violation of the\u00a0Butler Act<\/a>.<\/li>\n1938<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Howard Hughes<\/a>\u00a0begins a 91-hour\u00a0airplane<\/a>\u00a0flight around the world that will set a new record.<\/li>\n1991<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0South African cricket team<\/a>\u00a0is readmitted into the\u00a0International Cricket Council<\/a>\u00a0following the end of\u00a0Apartheid<\/a>.<\/li>\n2012<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Episcopal Church USA<\/a>\u00a0allows\u00a0same-sex marriage<\/a>.<\/li>\n2019<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The last\u00a0Volkswagen Beetle<\/a>\u00a0rolls off the line in\u00a0Puebla<\/a>, Mexico. The last of 5,961 \u201cSpecial Edition\u201d cars will be exhibited in a museum.<\/li>\n2023<\/strong>-1440 Daily Digest@Join1440 (July 11, 2023) According to a new report, the USPS is in possession of 452 cremated remains that it cannot identify, with one remaining unclaimed for over eight years. 1440 Daily Digest on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** Thursday July 11, 2023
    ***\nSaint Benedict, Abbot<\/p>\n

    Day 192: The Prophet Isaiah \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 192: Unity in the Eucharist \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n813<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Byzantine emperor\u00a0Michael I<\/a>, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general\u00a0Leo the Armenian<\/a>, and becomes a\u00a0monk<\/a>\u00a0(under the name Athanasius).<\/li>\n1616<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Samuel de Champlain<\/a>\u00a0returns to\u00a0Quebec<\/a>.<\/li>\n1735<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that\u00a0dwarf planet<\/a>\u00a0Pluto<\/a>\u00a0moved inside the orbit of\u00a0Neptune<\/a>\u00a0for the last time before 1979.<\/li>\n1796<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The United States takes possession of\u00a0Detroit<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Great Britain<\/a>\u00a0under terms of the\u00a0Jay Treaty<\/a>.<\/li>\n1804<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0A duel occurs<\/a>\u00a0in which the\u00a0Vice President of the United States<\/a>\u00a0Aaron Burr<\/a>\u00a0mortally wounds former\u00a0Secretary of the Treasury<\/a>\u00a0Alexander Hamilton<\/a>.<\/li>\n1889<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Tijuana<\/a>, Mexico, is founded.<\/li>\n1893<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The first cultured\u00a0pearl<\/a>\u00a0is obtained by\u00a0K\u014dkichi Mikimoto<\/a>.<\/li>\n1977<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Martin Luther King Jr.<\/a>,\u00a0assassinated in 1968<\/a>, is awarded the\u00a0Presidential Medal of Freedom<\/a>.<\/li>\n2015<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Joaqu\u00edn \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzm\u00e1n<\/a>\u00a0escapes from the maximum security\u00a0Altiplano prison<\/a>\u00a0in Mexico, his second escape.<\/li>\n2021<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Richard Branson<\/a>\u00a0becomes the first civilian to be launched into space via his\u00a0Virgin Galactic<\/a>\u00a0spacecraft.[<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n2023<\/strong>\u2013Deaths from xylazine are on the rise. The White House has a new plan to tackle it<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** ***Friday 12, 2024<\/p>\n

    \u00a0Day 193: The Book of Tobit \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 193: Communion Forever in Heaven \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1543<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 King\u00a0Henry VIII of England<\/a>\u00a0marries his sixth and last wife,\u00a0Catherine Parr<\/a>, at\u00a0Hampton Court Palace<\/a>.[4]<\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n1580<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Ostrog Bible<\/a>, one of the early printed\u00a0Bibles<\/a>\u00a0in a\u00a0Slavic language<\/a>, is published.<\/li>\n1862<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Medal of Honor<\/a>\u00a0is authorized by the\u00a0United States Congress<\/a>.<\/li>\n1962<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Rolling Stones<\/a>\u00a0perform for the first time at\u00a0London<\/a>\u2018s\u00a0Marquee Club<\/a>.<\/li>\n1963<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Pauline Reade, 16, disappears in\u00a0Gorton<\/a>, England, the first victim in the\u00a0Moors murders<\/a>.<\/li>\n1979<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The island nation of\u00a0Kiribati<\/a>\u00a0becomes independent from the United Kingdom.<\/li>\n2023-A former Manson Family member is free, after her parole was reversed 5 times<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** Saturday\u00a0 July 13, 2024
    ***\nSaint Henry<\/p>\n

    Day 194: Holy Is the Lord \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 194: Summary of the Sacrament of the Eucharist \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1863<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0American Civil War<\/a>: The\u00a0New York City draft riots<\/a>\u00a0begin three days of rioting which will later be regarded as the worst in United States history.<\/li>\n1923<\/strong>-The Hollywood sign, was officially dedicated to the Hollywood Hills atop Mount Lee in Los Angeles, California.<\/li>\n1956<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Dartmouth workshop<\/a>\u00a0is the first conference on\u00a0artificial intelligence<\/a>.<\/li>\n1977 \u2013 New York City: Amidst a period of\u00a0financial and social turmoil<\/a>\u00a0experiences an\u00a0electrical blackout<\/a>\u00a0lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.<\/li>\n1985<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Live Aid<\/a>\u00a0benefit concert<\/a>\u00a0takes place in\u00a0London<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Philadelphia<\/a>, as well as other venues such as\u00a0Moscow<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Sydney<\/a>.<\/li>\n1985 \u2013\u00a0Vice President<\/a>\u00a0George H. W. Bush<\/a>\u00a0becomes the\u00a0Acting President for the day<\/a>\u00a0when President\u00a0Ronald Reagan<\/a>\u00a0undergoes surgery to remove\u00a0polyps<\/a>\u00a0from his\u00a0colon<\/a>.<\/li>\n2023-Last month was the hottest June ever recorded on Earth<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** Sunday\u00a0 July 14, 2024
    \nSaint Kateri Tekakwitha,
    ***\nFIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME<\/p>\n

    Day 195: Tobias and Sarah Pray \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 195: Penance and Reconciliation \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1430<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Joan of Arc<\/a>, taken by the Burgundians in May, is handed over to\u00a0Pierre Cauchon<\/a>, the bishop of\u00a0Beauvais<\/a>.<\/li>\n1874<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Chicago Fire of 1874<\/a> burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago\u2019s city council.<\/li>\n1933 \u2013\u00a0Nazi eugenics<\/a>\u00a0programme begins with the proclamation of the\u00a0Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring<\/a>\u00a0requiring the\u00a0compulsory sterilization<\/a> of any citizen who suffers from alleged genetic disorders.<\/li>\n1943<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 In\u00a0Diamond, Missouri<\/a>, the\u00a0George Washington Carver National Monument<\/a>\u00a0becomes the first\u00a0United States National Monument<\/a>\u00a0in honor of an\u00a0African American<\/a>.<\/li>\n1983<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Mario Bros.<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is released in Japan, beginning the popular\u00a0Super Mario Bros<\/em><\/a>\u00a0franchise.<\/li>\n2023-Suspect arrested in Gilgo Beach serial killings searched updates on police probe<\/a>\u2014\u00a0A man connected to the Long Island murders that inspired the 2020 Netflix film\u00a0Lost Girls<\/em>\u00a0was arrested in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday night.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** Monday July 15, 2024
    ***\nSaint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church<\/p>\n

    \u00a0Day 196: Destruction of Israel \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 196: Conversion of the Baptized \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1838<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/a>\u00a0delivers the\u00a0Divinity School Address<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0Harvard Divinity School<\/a>, discounting\u00a0Biblical miracles<\/a>\u00a0and declaring\u00a0Jesus<\/a>\u00a0a great man, but not God. The\u00a0Protestant<\/a>\u00a0community reacts with outrage.<\/li>\n1870<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Reconstruction Era of the United States<\/a>:\u00a0Georgia<\/a>\u00a0becomes the last of the former\u00a0Confederate<\/a>\u00a0states to be readmitted to the\u00a0Union<\/a>.<\/li>\n2006<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, later one of the largest\u00a0social media<\/a>\u00a0platforms in the world, is launched.<\/li>\n2023- 988 mental health crisis line gets 5 million calls, texts and chats in first year<\/a><\/li>\n2023-Vatican grants plenary indulgence for St. Thomas Aquinas jubilee celebrations | Catholic News Agency<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** \u00a0<\/strong>Tuesday\u00a0 July 16, 2024
    ***\nOur Lady of Mount Carmel<\/p>\n

    National Ice Cream Day<\/a>***
    ***\nWorld Snake Day<\/a><\/p>\n

    Day 197: Woe and Consolation \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 197: Forms of Penance \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1251 \u2013 Celebrated by the Carmelite Order\u2013but doubted by modern historians\u2013as the day when Saint Simon Stock had a vision of the Virgin Mary.<\/li>\n1769<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Father\u00a0Jun\u00edpero Serra<\/a>\u00a0founds\u00a0California<\/a>\u2018s first mission,\u00a0Mission San Diego de Alcal\u00e1<\/a>. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of\u00a0San Diego, California<\/a>.<\/li>\n1790<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0District of Columbia<\/a>\u00a0is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the\u00a0Residence Act<\/a>.<\/li>\n1915 \u2013 At Treasure Island on the\u00a0Delaware River<\/a>\u00a0in the United States, the First\u00a0Order of the Arrow<\/a>\u00a0ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.<\/li>\n1935<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The world\u2019s first\u00a0parking meter<\/a>\u00a0is installed in\u00a0Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<\/a>.<\/li>\n1941<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Joe DiMaggio<\/a>\u00a0hits safely for the\u00a056th consecutive game<\/a>, a streak that still stands as an\u00a0MLB<\/a>\u00a0record.<\/li>\n1945<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Manhattan Project<\/a>: The\u00a0Atomic Age<\/a>\u00a0begins when the United States\u00a0successfully detonates<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a0plutonium<\/a>-based test\u00a0nuclear weapon<\/a>\u00a0near\u00a0Alamogordo, New Mexico<\/a>.<\/li>\n1945 \u2013 World War II: The\u00a0heavy cruiser<\/a>\u00a0USS\u00a0Indianapolis<\/em><\/a>\u00a0leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb \u201cLittle Boy<\/a>\u201d bound for\u00a0Tinian Island<\/a>.<\/li>\n1954<\/strong>-On This Day She@OnThisDayShe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    #OTD<\/a> in 1854, teacher Elizabeth Jennings<\/a> refused to get off a NY streetcar when told to by the conductor. She was forcibly removed & left with her \u201cbonnet smashed and her dress soiled\u201d. Jennings took the streetcar company to court & won for desegregation.<\/p>\n

    \n1969<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Apollo program<\/a>:\u00a0Apollo 11<\/a>, the first\u00a0mission<\/a>\u00a0to land astronauts on the\u00a0Moon<\/a>, is launched from the\u00a0Kennedy Space Center<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0Cape Kennedy<\/a>,\u00a0Florida<\/a>.<\/li>\n1999<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0John F. Kennedy Jr<\/a>., his wife,\u00a0Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy<\/a>, and her sister, Lauren Bessette,\u00a0die when the aircraft<\/a>\u00a0he is piloting crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha\u2019s Vineyard.<\/li>\n2004<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Millennium Park<\/a>, considered Chicago\u2019s first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by\u00a0Mayor<\/a>\u00a0Richard M. Daley<\/a>.<\/li>\n2019<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 A 100-year-old building in\u00a0Mumbai<\/a>, India, collapses, killing at least 10 people and leaving many others trapped.<\/li>\n2023<\/strong>\u2013 Meet Carmen Wilkey, a 10-year-old amputee who became a successful track star and is now on her way to competing nationally. 1440 Daily Digest on Twitter:\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** ***Wednesday\u00a0 July 17, 2024<\/p>\n

    \u00a0Day 198: The Day of the Lord \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 198: Reconciliation with God \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1674<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Isaac Watts<\/a> is born. (July 17, 1674 \u2013 November 25, 1748) If you don\u2019t recognize his name perhaps you recognize one of his hymns. Songs you sing in church such as When I Survey the Wondrous Cross<\/a>\u201c,\u00a0 and \u201cOur God, Our Help in Ages Past<\/a>\u201c. Or most notably at Christmas time \u201cJoy to the World<\/a>\u201c. The \u201cGodfather of English Hymnody\u201d wrote about 750 hymns. It\u2019s an offer a church can\u2019t refuse.<\/li>\n1955<\/a> \u2013Walt Disney the creator of Mickey Mouse and the first full length animated movie, Snow White, opens a amusement park named after him.\u00a0 Disneyland<\/a> opens its doors to the world in Anaheim, California on July 17, 1955. This is the same year Tolkien published the concluding book in the Lord of the Rings trilogy called The Return of the King and the same year Marty McFly went back in time and meet his parents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** ***2023<\/p>\n

    Taylor Swift is the first female artist with 4 Billboard Top 10 albums at once : NPR<\/a><\/p>\n

    Today marked the birth of Watts and a record for Swift and a departure for Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist Jo\u00e3o Donato(August 17, 1934 \u2013\u00a0 July 17, 2023) from Rio Branco.<\/p>\n

    At the weekend box office..<\/p>\n

    Then there\u2019s this Ducky Story***
    ***\nWorld\u2019s Largest Rubber Duck coming to Maryland (wmar2news.com)<\/a><\/p>\n

    Llama drama: Escaped llama found blocking traffic, standing in middle of road \u2013 Boston 25 News<\/a><\/p>\n

    Thursday July 18, 2024***
    ***\nUSA: Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest<\/p>\n

    Day 199: Times for War \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 199: The Sacrament of Forgiveness \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1723<\/a> \u2013 Yesterday we brought you the hymns of Watts and today we bring you the music of Bach. Johann Sebastian Bach<\/a>\u00a0leads the first performance of his cantata\u00a0Erforsche mich, Gott, und erfahre mein Herz<\/em>, BWV 136<\/a>, in Leipzig on the eighth Sunday after\u00a0Trinity<\/a>.<\/li>\n1870<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0First Vatican Council<\/a>\u00a0decrees the dogma of\u00a0papal infallibility<\/a>.<\/li>\n1925<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Adolf Hitler<\/a>\u00a0publishes\u00a0Mein Kampf<\/em><\/a>. This is the same year that Charlie Chaplin releases his comedy masterpiece \u2018The Gold Rush\u2019. Chaplin was\u00a0 born on April 16, 1889\u00a0 and lived until\u00a0 December 25, 1977. Hitler was born 4 days later on April 20, 1889\u00a0 and lived until April 30, 1945.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** 2023<\/p>\n
    ** ***In the wonderful Pro-Life state of Texas, <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The governor of Texas has ordered\u00a0 Texas troopers to push back migrants into Rio Grande River and ordered not to give water amid soaring temperatures, report says | CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Archbishop Gustavo<\/strong>@ABishopGustavo<\/strong> (July 18, 2023) Migrants are people like everybody else. Push people to die is a Crime. God, intervene in the hearts of people\u2019s egos who make decisions for people\u2019s lives. You are God, they are not. God , we need you. We entrust to you those who have lost their lives at Rio Grande(Bravo).<\/p>\n

    Over in Spain<\/strong><\/p>\n

    21-year-old terminally ill Spanish Carmelite dies on eve of feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel | Catholic News Agency<\/a><\/p>\n

    Since the end of World War II, historians and artists alike have been fascinated by the brilliant, enigmatic J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who led the Manhattan Project laboratory<\/a>\u00a0that developed the atomic bomb. Beginning as early as 1946,\u00a0d<\/a>ocumentaries<\/a>,\u00a0television miniseries<\/a>,\u00a0plays<\/a>,\u00a0books<\/a>,\u00a0graphic novels<\/a>,\u00a0f<\/a>eature f<\/a>ilms<\/a>\u00a0and even an\u00a0opera<\/a>\u00a0have explored the scientist\u2019s life, work and legacy. In recent years, however, much of that complexity has been reduced to a single popular image: the broken genius, haunted by his own invention, reciting a line from the Bhagavad Gita in a 1965 NBC News\u00a0documentary<\/a>. \u201cNow I am become death, the destroyer of worlds,\u201d Oppenheimer intones.<\/p>\n

    James Martin, SJ@JamesMartinSJ<\/strong> (July 19, 2023)\u00a0 Gospel: Guides in the Holy Land often note that almost all the towns from Jesus\u2019s time are thriving (Jericho, Nazareth, Bethlehem, Cana, etc.) The only ones in ruins today are the three Jesus cursed for their lack of faith: Chorazin, Bethsaida and Capernaum (Mt 11). Just sayin.<\/p>\n

    Friday July 19, 2023<\/p>\n

    Day 200: Egypt, Assyria, and Israel \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 200: The Confession of Sins \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1894<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Percy Spencer<\/a> (July 19, 1894 \u2013 September 8, 1970) a man who affects our lives still today in 2023 was born.\u00a0 He invented Chief Mike or the microwave oven<\/a> (d. 1969) the same year we landed on the moon.<\/li>\n1942<\/strong>\u2013 George Washington Carver<\/strong> (c. 1864\u00a0 \u2013 January 5, 1943) although born into slavery became an American\u00a0agricultural scientist, inventor and genius who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. Henry Ford<\/strong> (July 30, 1863 \u2013 April 7, 1947) was the founder of Ford Motor Company and chief developer of the\u00a0assembly line\u00a0technique of\u00a0mass production. On this day the two legends met\u00a0<\/a> where they worked on creating synthetic rubber to help compensate for wartime rubber shortages during World War 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** ***July 19th is also a good day to start the olympics.<\/p>\n

    1952<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Opening of the\u00a0Summer Olympics<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Helsinki<\/a>, Finland.***
    ***\n1980<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Opening of the\u00a0Summer Olympics<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Moscow<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Saturday\u00a0 \u00a0July 20, 2024***
    ***\nSaint Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr<\/p>\n

    Day 201: Keys to the Kingdom \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 201: The Confessor\u2019s Role \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1903<\/a> \u2013 Henry Ford was not content to occupy one historical footnote this week. His Ford Motor Company shipped out its first automobile in the same year the Wright Brothers made the first successful airplane flight. Pope Leo XIII<\/a> (b. 1810) also died on this day. He was at the first Vatican Council.<\/li>\n1944<\/a> \u2013 During World War II Mein Kampf author Adolf Hitler\u00a0survives\u00a0an assassination attempt\u00a0led by German Army Colonel\u00a0Claus von Stauffenberg<\/a> who was portrayed by Mission Impossible 7 star Tom Cruise in the film Valkyrie<\/em><\/a> (2008).<\/li>\n1969<\/a> \u2013 American Apollo 11<\/a> Astronauts Neil Armstrong<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Buzz Aldrin<\/a> make history by becoming\u00a0 the first humans, that we know of,\u00a0 to land on the Moon in the Sea of Tranquility<\/a>. The video talks about the Apollo 11 connection to why we have microwaves in our homes. Also did you know that Buzz Aldrin Took Holy Communion on the Moon? But NASA Kept it Quiet | HISTORY<\/a><\/li>\n2021<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 American businessman\u00a0Jeff Bezos<\/a> becomes the first person from Amazon to fly into space on the anniversary of the first moon landing aboard his fancy shmancy New Shepard<\/a>\u00a0NS-16<\/a> operated by his very own private spaceflight\u00a0company\u00a0Blue Origin<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** Sunday July 21, 2024
    \nSIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
    ***\nSaint Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest and Doctor of the Church<\/p>\n

    Day 202: God\u2019s Judgment \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\n\u00a0Day 202: How Confession Heals \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n230<\/a> \u2013Long before Pope Benedict XVI resigned his papal throne, Pope # 18 <\/a>who was called Pontian, who succeeded Pope # 17: Urban I<\/a>, became the first pontiff to resign office.<\/li>\nThis day marks some historic days in the Old West.<\/li>\n1865<\/a> \u2013 In the year that the Civil War ended, in the market square of Springfield, Missouri<\/a>,\u00a0Wild Bill Hickok<\/a>\u00a0shoots and kills<\/a>\u00a0Davis Tutt<\/a>\u00a0in what is regarded as the first western showdown.<\/li>\n1873<\/a> \u2013 Several years later at Adair, Iowa<\/a>, Notorious western outlaw Jesse James<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0James\u2013Younger Gang<\/a>\u00a0pull off the first successful\u00a0train robbery<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0American Old West<\/a>.<\/li>\n1925<\/a> \u2013Days after Hitler publishes his best selling book in\u00a0Dayton, Tennessee<\/a>, a verdict is reached in the Scopes Monkey Trial<\/a>. High school biology teacher John T. Scopes<\/a>\u00a0is found guilty of teaching\u00a0human evolution<\/a> in class and fined $100.<\/li>\n1969<\/a> \u2013 Yesterday they landed on the moon. Today at 02:56 UTC, astronaut\u00a0Neil Armstrong<\/a>\u00a0becomes the\u00a0first person to walk on the Moon<\/a>, followed 19 minutes later by\u00a0Edwin \u201cBuzz\u201d Aldrin<\/a>.<\/li>\n1979<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jay Silverheels<\/a>, (May 26, 1912 \u2013 March 5, 1980) \u00a0a\u00a0Mohawk<\/a> actor who played Tonto in the iconic The Lone Ranger series, becomes the first Native American\u00a0to have a star commemorated in the\u00a0Hollywood Walk of Fame. As of today the writers and actors of Hollywood are on strike.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** 2023<\/p>\n
    ** Tony Bennett<\/strong>@itstonybennett<\/strong> (July 21, 2023) Tony left us today but he was still singing the other day at his piano and his last song was, \u201cBecause of You,\u201d his first #1 hit. Tony, because of you we have your songs in our heart forever.<\/p>\n
    ** Tony Bennett (August 3, 1926 \u2013 July 21, 2023)
    \nMay his soul and all the souls of the departed rest in peace.
    \nFor the sake of his sorrowful passion, Have Mercy On Us<\/p>\n
    ** Paul McCartney@PaulMcCartney<\/strong> (July 22, 2023)\u00a0 Very sad to hear that Tony Bennett has died. He was a special singer and a good friend. I was privileged to work with him on a few occasions and he was always a wonder to behold. Thanks Tony for the joy you brought to our world. Love Paul<\/p>\n
    ** Monday July 22, 2024
    ***\nSaint Mary Magdalene<\/p>\n

    Day 203: Rejoice in the Lord \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 203: The Purpose of Indulgences \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    Today is a good day for merry ol England.<\/p>\n

    \n1598<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0William Shakespeare<\/a>\u2018s play,\u00a0The Merchant of Venice<\/em><\/a>, is entered on the\u00a0Stationers\u2019 Register<\/em><\/a>. By decree of Queen Elizabeth, the\u00a0Stationers\u2019 Register<\/em>\u00a0licensed printed works, giving the Crown tight control over all published material.<\/li>\n1833<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Slavery Abolition Act<\/a>\u00a0passes in the\u00a0British House of Commons<\/a>, initiating the gradual abolition of\u00a0slavery<\/a>\u00a0in most parts of the\u00a0British Empire<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** ***Meanwhile in France<\/p>\n

    \n1894<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of\u00a0Paris and Rouen<\/a>. The fastest finisher was the Comte\u00a0Jules-Albert de Dion<\/a>, but the \u201cofficial\u201d victory was awarded to\u00a0Albert Lema\u00eetre<\/a>\u00a0driving his three-horsepower petrol engined\u00a0Peugeot<\/a>.<\/li>\n1934- Actor Bill Bixby<\/a>, (My Favorite Martian, Incredible Hulk) is born. (d. 1993)<\/li>\n1955<\/strong>\u2013 Not long after Disneyland opened future Disney actor and Spider-Man Villain Green Goblin\u00a0 Willem Dafoe<\/a> (Finding Nemo, Finding Dory, Togo) was born.<\/li>\n1973<\/li>\nThe Supreme Court of the United States<\/a>\u00a0delivers its decisions in\u00a0Roe v. Wade<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Doe v. Bolton<\/em><\/a>, legalizing elective\u00a0abortion<\/a>\u00a0in all fifty states.<\/li>\nThe crew of Apollo 17<\/a>\u00a0addresses a\u00a0joint session of Congress<\/a>\u00a0after the completion of the final Apollo moon landing mission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** ***2023<\/p>\n

    A diaper company has released an ad celebrating the beauty of life.\u00a0EveryLife<\/a>\u00a0specializes in baby products, including diapers and wipes, and prides itself on providing \u201cpremium products for every baby. Because every baby is a miracle from God who deserves to be loved, protected, and supported,\u201d according to its website.***
    ***\nPro-life diaper company releases ad celebrating \u2018every miracle from God\u2019 | Catholic News Agency<\/a><\/p>\n

    Tuesday July 23, 2024***
    ***\nSaint Bridget, Religious<\/p>\n

    Day 204: Zephaniah\u2019s Warnings \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 204: Summary of Sacrament of Reconciliation \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1903<\/a> \u2013 Things are looking good for Henry Ford as The Ford Motor Company<\/a>\u00a0sells its first car.<\/li>\n1926<\/a> \u2013 The shape of things to come for Hollywood comes into focus as Fox Film<\/a>\u00a0buys the patents of the\u00a0Movietone sound system<\/a>\u00a0for recording sound onto film.<\/li>\n1982<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Outside\u00a0Santa Clarita, California<\/a>, actor\u00a0Vic Morrow<\/a>\u00a0and two children are\u00a0killed<\/a>\u00a0when a helicopter crashes onto them while shooting a scene from\u00a0Twilight Zone: The Movie<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n1989<\/a> \u2013 Daniel Radcliffe<\/a> (Harry Potter, Weird Al) is born.<\/li>\n1995<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Comet Hale\u2013Bopp<\/a>\u00a0is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.<\/li>\n2010<\/a> \u2013 In the Week that started off with Watts and Bach, English-Irish boy band<\/a>\u00a0One Direction<\/a>\u00a0is formed by judge\u00a0Simon Cowell<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0The X Factor<\/a>\u00a0(British series 7)<\/a>, later going on to finish at third place. It would go on to become one of the biggest boy bands in the world, and would be very influential on\u00a0pop music<\/a>\u00a0of the 2010s<\/a>.<\/li>\n2015<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0NASA<\/a> continues doing extraordinary things this week as it announces the discovery of Kepler-452b<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Kepler<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** ***2023<\/p>\n

    President Biden will designate a national monument at three sites in honor of Emmett Till and his mother,\u00a0Mamie Till-Mobley<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 both of whom served as catalysts for the civil rights movement.<\/p>\n

    Biden is expected to sign a proclamation on Tuesday, which will be the 82nd anniversary of Till\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n

    Biden designates a national monument honoring Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley : NPR<\/a><\/p>\n

    Wednesday July 24, 2024***
    ***\nSaint Sharbel Makhl\u016bf, Priest<\/p>\n

    \u00a0Day 205: Promise to Zion \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 205: Christ the Physician \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1847<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 After 17 months of travel,\u00a0Brigham Young<\/a>\u00a0leads 148\u00a0Mormon<\/a>\u00a0pioneers into\u00a0Salt Lake Valley<\/a>, resulting in the establishment of\u00a0Salt Lake City<\/a>.<\/li>\n1901<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0O. Henry<\/a>\u00a0is released from prison in\u00a0Columbus, Ohio<\/a>, after serving three years for\u00a0embezzlement<\/a>\u00a0from a bank.<\/li>\n1946-Courage of Lassie<\/strong> is released in theaters.<\/li>\n1952- The Classic Movie Western \u2018High Noon\u2019 with Gary Cooper is released.<\/li>\n1959<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 At the opening of the\u00a0American National Exhibition<\/a>\u00a0in Moscow,\u00a0U.S. Vice President<\/a>\u00a0Richard Nixon<\/a>\u00a0and Soviet\u00a0Premier<\/a>\u00a0Nikita Khrushchev<\/a>\u00a0have a \u201cKitchen Debate<\/a>\u201c.<\/li>\n1969<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Apollo program<\/a>:\u00a0Apollo 11<\/a>\u00a0splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.<\/li>\n1974<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Watergate scandal<\/a>: The\u00a0United States Supreme Court<\/a>\u00a0unanimously ruled that\u00a0President<\/a>\u00a0Richard Nixon<\/a>\u00a0did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed\u00a0White House<\/a>\u00a0tapes and they\u00a0order him<\/a>\u00a0to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** ***2023<\/p>\n

    \u2018ALF\u2019 is coming back on Ryan Reynolds\u2019 Maximum Fun Channel | EW.com<\/a><\/p>\n

    Meta Appears to Hold the Rights to \u2018X,\u2019 Could Complicate Twitter Rebrand (businessinsider.com)<\/a><\/p>\n

    Thursday July 25,\u00a0 2024***
    ***\nSaint James, Apostle<\/p>\n

    Day 206: The Book of Baruch \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 206: Healing the Sick \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1788<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart<\/a>\u00a0completes his\u00a0Symphony No. 40 in G minor<\/a>\u00a0(K550).<\/li>\n1837<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The first commercial use of an\u00a0electrical telegraph<\/a>\u00a0is successfully demonstrated in London by\u00a0William Cooke<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Charles Wheatstone<\/a>.<\/li>\n1868<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Wyoming Territory<\/a>\u00a0is established.<\/li>\n1968-\u00a0Pope Paul VI<\/a>\u2018s<\/em><\/strong> encyclical Humanae vitae<\/em> (Of Human Life<\/em>) is released. It reaffirms the Catholic Church\u2019s view of marriage and marital relations and still forbids the use of \u201cartificial\u201d birth control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** ***2023<\/p>\n

    Biden\u2019s dog, Commander, has been biting Secret Service agents<\/a><\/p>\n

    Friday July 26, 2024***
    ***\nSaints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary<\/p>\n

    Day 207: The Lord Will Come \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 207: Celebrating the Anointing of the Sick \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1745<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The first recorded\u00a0women\u2019s cricket<\/a>\u00a0match takes place near\u00a0Guildford<\/a>, England.<\/li>\n1788<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 New York ratifies the\u00a0United States Constitution<\/a>\u00a0and becomes the 11th state of the United States.<\/li>\n1990<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990<\/a>\u00a0is signed into law by President\u00a0George H. W. Bush<\/a>.<\/li>\n2016 \u2013\u00a0Hillary Clinton<\/a>\u00a0becomes the first female nominee for\u00a0President of the United States<\/a>\u00a0by a major political party at the\u00a0Democratic National Convention<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Philadelphia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** ***Saturday 27, 2024<\/p>\n

    Day 208: The Futility of Idols \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 208: Completing the Earthly Pilgrimage \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1549<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Jesuit<\/a>\u00a0priest\u00a0Francis Xavier<\/a>\u2018s ship reaches Japan.<\/li>\n1866<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The first permanent\u00a0transatlantic telegraph cable<\/a>\u00a0is successfully completed, stretching from\u00a0Valentia Island<\/a>, Ireland, to\u00a0Heart\u2019s Content<\/a>,\u00a0Newfoundland<\/a>.<\/li>\n1890<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Vincent van Gogh<\/a>\u00a0shoots himself and dies two days later.<\/li>\n1974<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Watergate scandal<\/a>: The\u00a0House of Representatives<\/a>\u00a0Judiciary Committee<\/a>\u00a0votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of\u00a0impeachment<\/a>\u00a0(for obstruction of justice) against\u00a0President<\/a>\u00a0Richard Nixon<\/a>.<\/li>\n2003 \u2013 Funny Man Bob Hope<\/a> dies.\u00a0(b. 1903)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** ***2023<\/p>\n

    Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks, with some in the negative<\/a><\/p>\n

    Sunday July 28, 2024***
    ***\nSEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME<\/p>\n

    Day 209: God Comforts His People \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 209: Summary of the Anointing of the Sick \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1540<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Henry VIII of England<\/a>\u00a0marries his fifth wife,\u00a0Catherine Howard<\/a>, on the same day his former Chancellor,\u00a0Thomas Cromwell<\/a>, is executed on charges of\u00a0treason<\/a><\/li>\n1655<\/strong>-Death of Cyrano de Bergerac (March 1619 \u2013July 28, 1655)<\/li>\n1868<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a014th Amendment<\/a>\u00a0to the\u00a0United States Constitution<\/a>\u00a0is certified, establishing\u00a0African American<\/a>\u00a0citizenship and guaranteeing\u00a0due process<\/a>\u00a0of law.<\/li>\n1896<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The city of\u00a0Miami<\/a>\u00a0is incorporated.<\/li>\n1915<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The United States begins a 19-year\u00a0occupation of Haiti<\/a>.<\/li>\n1996<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The remains of a\u00a0prehistoric<\/a>\u00a0man are discovered near\u00a0Kennewick, Washington<\/a>. Such remains will be known as the\u00a0Kennewick Man<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** ***2023<\/p>\n

    Singapore has executed a woman for the first time in nearly two decades<\/a><\/p>\n

    Singaporean national Saridewi Djamani, 45, was convicted in 2018 of trafficking over 30 grams of heroin. She is first woman to be hanged since 2004.<\/a> May God have had mercy on her soul and given her the grace of knowing Him before she died.<\/p>\n

    Monday July 29, 2024***
    ***\nSaints Martha, Mary and Lazarus<\/p>\n

    \u00a0Day 210: Speaking God\u2019s Word \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 210: The Sacrament of Holy Orders \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1858<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 United States and Japan sign the\u00a0Harris Treaty<\/a>.<\/li>\n1901<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Land lottery begins in\u00a0Oklahoma<\/a>.<\/li>\n1914<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Cape Cod Canal<\/a>\u00a0opened.<\/li>\n1921<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Adolf Hitler<\/a>\u00a0becomes leader of the\u00a0National Socialist German Workers\u2019 Party<\/a>.<\/li>\n1948<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Olympic Games<\/a>:\u00a0The Games of the XIV Olympiad<\/a>: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first\u00a0Summer Olympics<\/a>\u00a0to be held since the\u00a01936 Summer Olympics<\/a>\u00a0in Berlin, open in London.<\/li>\n1958<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 U.S. President\u00a0Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/a>\u00a0signs into law the\u00a0National Aeronautics and Space Act<\/a>, which creates the\u00a0National Aeronautics and Space Administration<\/a>\u00a0(NASA).<\/li>\n1976<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 In New York City,\u00a0David Berkowitz<\/a>\u00a0(a.k.a. the \u201cSon of Sam\u201d) kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.<\/li>\nWere the Son of Sam Killings a Conspiracy? (David Berkowitz) \u2013\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n1981<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 A worldwide television audience of around 750\u00a0million people watch the\u00a0wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0St Paul\u2019s Cathedral<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0London<\/a>.<\/li>\n2005<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet\u00a0Eris<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** Tuesday July 30, 2024
    ***\nSaint Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church]\nBlessed Solanus Casey<\/strong>, OFM Cap. (November 25, 1870 \u2013 July 31, 1957)<\/p>\n

    Diocese of Brooklyn<\/strong>@BrooklynDiocese<\/strong> (<\/a>July 30,2023)#SaintOfTheDay<\/a>: Blessed Solanus Casey became one of Detroit\u2019s best-known priests. Difficulties with studies limited his ministry but he was a beloved friar and a modern-day example of humility and perseverance. To learn more, visit Franciscan Media: \u00a0Franciscan Media<\/a><\/p>\n

    Day 211: Called by Name \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 211: The One Priesthood of Christ \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1619<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 In\u00a0Jamestown, Virginia<\/a>, the first Colonial European representative assembly in the Americas, the\u00a0Virginia General Assembly<\/a>, convenes for the first time.<\/li>\n1756<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 In\u00a0Saint Petersburg<\/a>,\u00a0Bartolomeo Rastrelli<\/a>\u00a0presents the newly built\u00a0Catherine Palace<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Empress Elizabeth<\/a>\u00a0and her courtiers.<\/li>\n1932<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Premiere of\u00a0Walt Disney<\/a>\u2018s\u00a0Flowers and Trees<\/em><\/a>, the first cartoon short to use\u00a0Technicolor<\/a>\u00a0and the first\u00a0Academy Award<\/a>\u00a0winning cartoon short.<\/li>\n1971<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Apollo program<\/a>: On\u00a0Apollo 15<\/a>,\u00a0David Scott<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0James Irwin<\/a>\u00a0on the\u00a0Apollo Lunar Module<\/a>\u00a0Falcon<\/em>\u00a0land on the\u00a0Moon<\/a>\u00a0with the first\u00a0Lunar Rover<\/a>.<\/li>\n1975<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Jimmy Hoffa<\/a>\u00a0disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in\u00a0Bloomfield Hills, Michigan<\/a>, a suburb of\u00a0Detroit<\/a>, at about 2:30\u00a0p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.<\/li>\n2003<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 In Mexico, the last \u2018old style\u2019\u00a0Volkswagen Beetle<\/a>\u00a0rolls off the\u00a0assembly line<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** ***2023<\/p>\n

    In Peru, discovery of ancient ruins outpaces authorities\u2019 ability to care for them<\/a><\/p>\n

    Everywhere you dig, you will find something \u2014 because Lima was home to great civilizations,\u201d says a museum director in the capital. \u201cBut it\u2019s impossible to save everything in a poor country.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

    Paul Reubens<\/strong> (August 27, 1952 \u2013 July 30, 2023) better known by his character Pee-wee Herman<\/a> has passed on to the big heavenly playhouse, with perhaps a stop in purgatory!<\/p>\n

    Wednesday July 31, 2024***
    ***\nSaint <\/a>\u00a0Ignatius of Loyola<\/a>, priest \u2013 Memorial***
    ***\nNational Avocado Day<\/p>\n

    Ignatius had to become both spiritually and physically poor before Christ would make him rich in holiness. Through tremendous personal sacrifice, he became a saint and spiritual master. Christ used Ignatius\u2019 gifts on behalf of the reform and renewal of the Church. Soon a community had formed around Ignatius\u2014a community we know today as the Society of Jesus\u2014the Jesuits.<\/p>\n

    The Jesuits were on the front lines of the reform and renewal of the Church. It was due in large part to their efforts that the vision of the Council of Trent became a concrete reality. Jesuit missionaries carried the faith throughout the world, and their efforts at bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the faithful of Europe revitalized the Church.-The Bold Witness of St. Ignatius of Loyola \u2013 Word on Fire<\/a><\/p>\n

    Day 212: God\u2019s Instrument \u2014 The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a>***
    ***\nDay 212: In Persona Christi \u2014 The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) \u2013 YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

    \n1941<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Holocaust<\/a>: Under instructions from\u00a0Adolf Hitler<\/a>,\u00a0Nazi<\/a>\u00a0official\u00a0Hermann G\u00f6ring<\/a>\u00a0orders\u00a0SS<\/a>\u00a0General\u00a0Reinhard Heydrich<\/a>\u00a0to \u201csubmit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired\u00a0Final Solution<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0Jewish<\/a>\u00a0question.\u201d<\/li>\n1971<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Apollo program<\/a>: the\u00a0Apollo 15<\/a>\u00a0astronauts become the first to ride in a\u00a0lunar rover<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n***
    ** Bishop Robert Reed <\/strong>\ufffd<\/strong>@BpRobertReed<\/strong> (Jul 31, 2023)
    \nTake Lord, receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will,
    \nall that I have and possess.
    \nYou have given all to me.
    \nTo You, O Lord, I return it. Give me only Your love and Your grace,
    \nthis is sufficient for me.
    \n\u2013 St. Ignatius Loyola<\/p>\n
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