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May 7 Saints of the Day – Alexis of Wilkes-Barre and Albert of Bergamo
On this date in 1895, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrated a primitive radio receiver which he called a “lightning detector,” finally validating Benjamin Franklin’s theory that...
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May 8 Saints of the Day – Arsenius the Great and Peter of Tarentaise
On this date in 1946, Estonian school girls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blew up the Soviet memorial in Tallinn. The Soviets reportedly did not get a bang out of it. Arsenius the Great (354 – 449 or...
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May 15 Saints of the Day – Pachomius the Great and Isidore the Farmer
It is May 15. On this date in 1953, the first Pinewood Derby was held in Manhattan Beach, California. It was so much fun that the next year, the dads let the Cub Scouts participate, too. Pachomius the...
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October 4 Saints of the Day – Paul the Simple and Francis of Assisi
On this day in 1957, Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, was launched, beaming panic into the homes of Americans nationwide. Paul the Simple of Egypt (d. ca. 339) was a...
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November 13 Saints of the Day – Brice and Frances Xavier Cabrini
On this day in 1952, fake fingernails first went on sale. They were a hit, and the stores rapidly sold all they had on hand. The Orthodox may think I’m dumb. “Today,” they say, “is Chrysostom!” But...
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