July 28, 2002
HOLIDAYS & CELEBRATIONS . . .
Black Crom’s Sunday, a/k/a “Domnach Crom Dubh,” a Christianized pagan holiday commemorated by pilgrimages to Croagh Patrick in County Mayo. Celebrated in Ireland, primarily western Ireland.
Ch’ilsok, commemorated by offering newly harvested rice and prayers for children at local shrines. Celebrated in Korea.
Feast of St. Victor I, a controversial early Pope perhaps best known for condemning the heresy of Theodotus and martyred near the end of the second century. Celebrated in the Catholic Church.
Pope St. Victor I
Nag Panchami, the Festival of Cobras and Snakes. Celebrated by Hindus worldwide.
Peruvian Independence Day. Commemorating the declaration of independence by Peru in 1821. Celebrated in Peru.
IN HISTORY . . .
King Henry VIII marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, in 1540.
Catherine Howard
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, in 1868.
World War I begins when Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, in 1914.
BORN TODAY . . .
Bill Bradley, basketball player, U.S. senator, and presidential candidate, in 1943.
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, former First Lady as wife of President John F. Kennedy Jr., in 1929.
Beatrix Potter, author, in 1866.
Sally Struthers, actress, in 1948.
DIED TODAY . . .
Johannes Sebastian Bach, composer, in 1750.
Joan Finney, first female governor of Kansas, in 2001.
Joan Finney
William James Mayo, founder of the Mayo Clinic, in 1939.
Antonio Vivaldi, composer and violinist, in 1741.
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