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| Anniversary: | 56th anniversary of the death of F. John Werner (81) d. 1993 at Berlin, Germany.  |
| Anniversary: | 55th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Venuta (63) d. 1994 at Boston, USA. |
| Birthday: | 79th birthday of P. Tomás ARMANDO (born this day in 1970). |
| Birthday: | 54th birthday of *NS. Thuo, Jackson (AOR) (born this day in 1995). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1767 | Without warning or trial, Charles III expels the Jesuits from Spain. 10,000 are deported to the papal states. |
| 1815 | Congress grants Georgetown University the power to confer degrees. |
| 1915 | At the 26th General Congregation, the American Assistancy of the Society is set up. It consists of the existing American Provinces then in existence: Maryland-New York, Missouri, New Orleans, and California. Fr. Thomas Gannon is named the first American Assistant. |
| 1937 | Hillaire Belloc lectures at Woodstock College, Maryland on Catholicism and Civilization. |
| 2005 | Walter Halloran, age 83 dies. Involved in the 1949 exorcism case that led to the film The Exorcist. |
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