We have catalogued significant historical events, with special emphasis on weddings and anniversaries. Today’s events special events are:
- Anniversary
- 1996 Hugh Jackman marries Deborra-Lee Furness at St. John's in Toorak, Victoria, Melbourne.
- 2015 Andy Murray marries Kim Sears at Dunblane Cathedral
- Birthdays
- 1913 Oleg Cassini
- 1928 Ethel Kennedy
- 1932 Joel Grey
- 1939 Louise Lasser
- 1947 Meshach Taylor
- 1966 Lisa Stansfield, British soul singer
- Name Days
- 1000 Gemma, from the Latin, 'jewel'
- 1000 Leo, from the Latin, 'Lion'
- 1000 Leoline, from the Latin, 'Lion'
- 1000 Leon, from the Latin, 'Lion'
- 1000 Leona, from the Latin, 'Lion'
- 1000 Leonard, from the Latin, 'Lion'
- 1000 Leonarda, from the Latin, 'Lion'
- 1000 Leonie, from the Latin, 'Lion'
- 1000 Leonora, from the Latin, 'Lion'
- 1000 Leonore, from the Latin, 'Lion'
- 1000 Lionel, from the Latin, 'Lion'
- 2000 Feast Day of Gemma, from the Latin, 'jewel'. Gemma Galgani was a young Tuscan servant, born in 1878 to a poor pharmacist. She longed to enter the order of the Passionist nuns, but was chronically ill with spinal tuberculosis. Although she later believed that she had been cured miraculously by the intervention of St Gabriel Possenti, she was still too weak. Nevertheless, she led an extraordinary life - alternating between mystical and demonic states, receiving the marks of the stigmata and often behaving in a way she could only explain as being possessed by demons. In between these periods, Gemma was considered to be exceptionally holy and patient in her suffering, and it was for these qualities that she was canonized after her death at the age of 25.
- 2000 Feast Day of Leo, from the Latin, 'Lion'. Leo I was one of the greatest popes of the Church, being a learned theologican and an able, energetic and brave leader - for instance, he personally persuaded Attila the Hun not to invade Rome in 452, and prevented a massacre when Genseric (King of the Vandals) and his men eventually succeeded in invading Rome in 455. It was Leo's Tome which finally squashed the monophysite heresy which was becoming popular at that time (that is, that Christ's earthly self was always of a divine nature and therefore could not really suffer or die).
Tomorrow’s notable events
Below are the events we have shown for tomorrow:
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 12-04-1913 | Lionel Hampton |
| 12-04-1923 | Ann Miller |
| 12-04-1930 | Tiny Tim |
| 12-04-1940 | Herbie Hancock |
| 12-04-1947 | David Letterman |
| 12-04-1947 | Tom Clancy |
| 12-04-1950 | David Cassidy |
| 12-04-1956 | Andy Garcia, actor |
| 12-04-1957 | Vince Gill |
| 12-04-1971 | Shannen Doherty |
| 12-04-1979 | Claire Danes |
