We have catalogued significant historical events, with special emphasis on weddings and anniversaries. Today’s events special events are:
- Anniversary
- 1992 Barack Obama marries Michelle Robinson
- Birthdays
- 1916 James Herriot was born.
- 1925 Gore Vidal was born.
- 1941 Chubby Checker was born.
- 1949 Lindsey Buckingham was born.
- 1954 Stevie Ray Vaughan was born.
- 1972 Kevin Richardson was born.
- 1973 Neve Campbell was born.
- Name Days
- 1000 Terrie, from the Greek, 'of Tharasia' or 'reaper'
- 1000 Terry, from the Greek, 'of Tharasia' or 'reaper'
- 1000 Tess, from the Greek, 'of Tharasia' or 'reaper'
- 1000 Tessa, from the Greek, 'of Tharasia' or 'reaper'
- 1000 Theresa, from the Greek, 'of Tharasia' or 'reaper'
- 1000 Therese, from the Greek, 'of Tharasia' or 'reaper'
- 1000 Tracey, from the Greek, 'of Tharasia' or 'reaper'
- 1000 Tracy, from the Greek, 'of Tharasia' or 'reaper'
- 2000 Feast Day of Theresa, from the Greek, 'of Tharasia' or 'reaper'. Therese was a young and simple nineteenthcentury Frenchwoman, who died of tuberculosis at the age of 24. Opinions about her differ: to many thousands, her autobiography, Histoire d'une arne, is a work of spiritual genius in its simplicity, humility and ordinariness. (She is patron of missionaries and pilots because she would offer to God, on their behalf, the few painful steps she was able to make each day during her illness.) Her powers of intercession were and are believed to be miraculous, and the shrine at Lisieux is one of the largest in the Roman Catholic Church. To others, the 'Little Flower' - as she liked to call herself - was a nauseating product of a rather febrile kind of French spirituality. St Teresa and St Therese speak to different kinds of people, but they both experienced the love of God intensely, and could communicate the depths of their experience to others - that, not their brand of spirituality, is what matters.
Tomorrow’s notable events
Below are the events we have shown for tomorrow:
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 04-10-1000 | Fran, from the Latin meaning "Little Frenchman" |
| 04-10-1000 | Francis, from the Latin meaning "Little Frenchman" |
| 04-10-1000 | Frank, from the Latin meaning "Little Frenchman" |
| 04-10-1000 | Franklin, from the Latin meaning "Little Frenchman" |
| 04-10-1000 | Franky, from the Latin meaning "Little Frenchman" |
| 04-10-1822 | Rutherford B. Hayes was born. |
| 04-10-1884 | Damon Runyon was born. |
| 04-10-1895 | Buster Keaton was born. |
| 04-10-1924 | Charlton Heston was born. |
| 04-10-1928 | Alvin Toffler was born. |
| 04-10-1941 | Anne Rice was born. |
| 04-10-1946 | Susan Sarandon was born. |
| 04-10-1976 | Alicia Silverstone was born. |
| 04-10-1979 | Rachael Leigh Cook was born. |
| 04-10-2000 | Feast Day of Francis, from the Latin meaning "Little Frenchman". Francis of Assisi was the first saint from which very many. have taken their names, although 'Francesco' was just a nickname. Born in 1181, Francis (or John) was dazzled not only by the courtly romances of France, but by chivalry and adventure too. However, his joie de vivre and imagination were caught up in a completely new adventure: that of trying to live the Gospel as it was actually written. It sounds simple but in medieval Italy it was revolutionary. Although Francis' family were Christians, they were not prepared to see their wealth given away impulsive ly. Francis kissed lepers, delighted in being mocked or even attacked, lived only on what he was given as alms, and took God's command to rebuild his Church equally literally: he found a small ruined church and began to restore it, stone by stone. The friars who joined him, the animals and birds who heard him preach, the women who formed his second Order of 'Poor Clares' and the many ordinary people who became Tertiaries all show how Francis' extraordinary gifts and determination to live the Gospel as perfectly as possible did, indeed, rebuild the Church in the twelfth century. He was the first saint to experience the strange phenomenon of the stigmata - Christ's wounds on the Cross - on his own body. The influence of Francis is still being felt in the Church today, especially where it works to protect the natural world or help the poor. |
