June 11
is the 162nd day of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar (163rd in
leap years), with 203 days remaining.
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1184 BC -
Trojan War:
Troy was sacked and burned, according to the calculations of
Eratosthenes.
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1429 -
Hundred Years' War: The start of the
Battle of Jargeau.
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1509 - Marriage of King
Henry VIII of England and
Catherine of Aragon.
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1580 -
Juan de Garay founds
Buenos Aires.
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1770 - Captain
James Cook runs aground on the
Great Barrier Reef.
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1774 - Jews in
Algiers escape the attacks of the
Spanish army.
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1776 -
Continental Congress appoints
Thomas Jefferson,
John Adams,
Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to a committee to draft a declaration of independence.
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1788 -
Russian explorer
Gerasim Izmailov reaches
Alaska.
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1825 - The first cornerstone is laid for
Fort Hamilton in
New York City.
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1837 - The
Broad Street Riot occurred in
Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans.
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1866 - The
Allahabad High Court (then Agra High Court) is established in
India.
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1892 - The
Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in
Melbourne,
Australia.
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1898 -
Spanish-American War: U.S. war ships start to sail for
Cuba.
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1901 -
New Zealand annexes the
Cook Islands.
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1907 -
George Dennett, aided by
Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in
first-class cricket.
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1935 - Inventor
Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of
FM broadcasting in the United States, at
Alpine, New Jersey.
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1936 -
International Surrealist Exhibition opens in
London,
England.
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1937 -
Great Purge: The
Soviet Union executes eight army leaders under
Joseph Stalin.
* 1940 - World War II:
British forces bomb
Genoa and
Turin in Italy.
* 1940 - World War II: First attack of the Italian Airforce on the island of
Malta.
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1942 - World War II: The
United States agrees to send
Lend-Lease aid to the
Soviet Union.
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1945 -
William Lyon Mackenzie King is re-elected as Canadian prime minister.
*1945 - Franck Committee recommends against a surprise nuclear bombing of Japan. [
1]
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1955 - Eighty-three are killed and at least 100 are injured after an
Austin-Healey and a
Mercedes-Benz collide at the
Le Mans Grand Prix.
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1956 - First Puerto Rican Parade was held in Harlem New York.
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1962 -
Frank Morris,
John Anglin and
Clarence Anglin become the only prisoners to successfully escape from the prison on
Alcatraz Island.
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1963 -
American Civil Rights Movement:
Alabama Governor
George Wallace stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the
University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students from attending that school.
* 1963 -
Buddhist monk
Thich Quang Duc burns himself with gasoline in a busy
Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in
South Vietnam.
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1964 -
World War II veteran
Walter Seifert runs amok in an elementary school in
Cologne,
Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
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1967 -
Mexico becomes a member of the
Berne Convention copyright treaty.
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1970 - After being appointed on
May 15,
Anna Mae Hays and
Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as
U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first females to do so.
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1977 -
Seattle Slew wins the
Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
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1985 - A
Fabergé Egg was sold for
£1,375,00 in
New York.
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1988 -
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Wembley Stadium,
London.
* 1988 - The name of the General Public License (
GPL) is mentioned for the first time.
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1998 -
Compaq Computer pays 9 billion for
Digital Equipment Corporation in largest high-tech acquisition.
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2001 -
Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the
Oklahoma City bombing.
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2002 -
Antonio Meucci was recognised as the first inventor of the telephone by the
United States Congress.
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2004 -
Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of
Phoebe.
* 2004 -
Ronald Reagan's funeral held at
Washington National Cathedral.
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2005 -
G8 finance ministers agree to cancel the debt owed by 18 of the poorest countries.
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2006 -
Nintendo DS Lite released in North America.
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1403 -
John IV, Duke of Brabant (d.
1427)
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1456 -
Anne Neville, wife of
Richard III of England (d.
1485)
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1540 -
Barnabe Googe, English poet (d.
1594)
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1572 -
Ben Jonson, English dramatist (d.
1637)
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1588 -
George Wither, English writer (d.
1667)
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1671 -
Colley Cibber, English poet (d.
1757)
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1672 -
Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (d.
1749)
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1696 -
Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (d.
1758)
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1704 -
Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (d.
1742)
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1713 -
Edward Capell, English critic (d.
1781)
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1723 -
Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (d.
1788)
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1776 -
John Constable, English painter (d.
1837)
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1842 -
Carl von Linde, German engineer and industrialist (d.
1934)
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1846 -
William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (d.
1920)
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1847 -
Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist and feminist (d.
1929)
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1864 -
Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (d.
1949)
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1867 -
Charles Fabry, French physicist (d.
1945)
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1876 -
Alfred L. Kroeber, American anthropologist (d.
1960)
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1877 -
Renee Vivien, English-born poet (d.
1909)
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1879 -
Roger Bresnahan, baseball player (d.
1944)
* 1879 -
Max Schreck, German actor (d.
1936)
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1880 -
Jeannette Rankin, American politician, feminist, and pacifist (d.
1973)
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1888 -
Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist and fishmonger. (d.
1927)
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1895 -
Nikolai Bulganin,
Soviet politician (d.
1975)
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1903 -
Ernie Nevers, American football player (d.
1976)
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1910 -
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French explorer and inventor (d.
1997)
* 1910 -
Carmine Coppola, American composer, director and songwriter (d.
1991)
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1913 -
Vince Lombardi, American football coach (d.
1970)
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1915 -
Arnold Johnson, tuba player, a.k.a. Song and Wind (d.
1998)
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1919 -
Richard Todd, British actor
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1920 -
Hazel Scott, West Indian-born singer (d.
1981)
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1922 -
John Bromfield, American actor (d.
2005)
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1924 -
Ed Farhat, Professional wrestler better known as The Sheik
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1925 -
William Styron, American author
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1928 -
Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, Queen of the Belgians
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1932 -
Athol Fugard, South African playwright
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1933 -
Gene Wilder, American actor
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1936 -
Jud Strunk, American musician and comedian (d.
1981)
* 1936 -
Chad Everett, American actor
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1937 -
Robin Warren, Australian pathologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine* 1937 -
Johnny Brown, American comic
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1939 -
Jackie Stewart, Scottish race car driver
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1945 -
Adrienne Barbeau, American actress
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1947 -
Laloo Prasad Yadav, Indian politician
* 1947 -
Henry Cisneros, American politician, former
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development*
1948 -
Dave Cash, Major league baseball player
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1949 -
Frank Beard, member of rock group
ZZ Top*
1950 -
Lynsey De Paul, British singer and songwriter
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1952 -
Donnie Van Zant, American rock musician
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1953 -
Peter Bergman, American actor
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1956 -
Joe Montana. American football player
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1957 -
Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American musician
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1959 -
Hugh Laurie, English actor and comedian
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1962 -
Erika Salumäe, Estonian cyclist, Olympian
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1964 -
Jean Alesi, French Formula One driver
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1965 -
Joey Santiago, Filipino guitarist (
Pixies)
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1969 -
Steven Drozd, American drummer
* 1969 -
Bryan Fogarty, Professional ice hockey player (d.
2002)
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1978 -
Joshua Jackson, Canadian actor
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1982 -
Diana Taurasi, American basketball player
* 1982 -
Eldar Rønning, Norwegian cross-country skier
* 1982 -
Johnny Candido, American professional wrestler
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1983 -
Jose Reyes, American baseball player
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1984 -
Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer
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1986 -
Shia LaBeouf, American actor
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323 BC -
Alexander the Great , King of Macedon (b.
356 BC)
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1183 -
Henry the Young King, son of
Henry II of England (b.
1155)
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1216 -
Henry of Flanders, Emperor of the Latin Empire
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1488 - King
James III of Scotland*
1557 - King
John III of Portugal (b.
1502)
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1695 -
André Félibien, French architect (b.
1619)
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1712 -
Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme, Marshal of France (b.
1654)
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1727 - King
George I of Great Britain (b.
1668)
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1796 -
Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician (b.
1720)
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1847 -
John Franklin, English sea captain and explorer (b.
1786)
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1852 -
Karl Briullov, Russian painter (b.
1799)
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1858 -
Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (b.
1773)
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1882 -
Louis Maigret, Roman Catholic prelate (b.
1804)
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1903 -
Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician (b.
1837)
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1911 -
James Curtis Hepburn, American missionary and linguist (b.
1815)
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1924 -
Théodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (b.
1837)
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1927 -
William Attewell, English cricketer (b.
1861)
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1934 -
Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (b.
1896)
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1936 -
Robert E. Howard, American author (b.
1906)
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1937 -
R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (b.
1895)
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1963 -
Thích Quảng Đức,
Vietnamese monk, self-immolation (b.
1897)
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1970 -
Frank Laubach, Christian missionary (b.
1884)
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1974 -
Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (b.
1898)
* 1974 -
Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (b.
1883)
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1976 -
Jim Konstanty, baseball player (b.
1917)
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1979 -
John Wayne (born Marion Morrison), American actor (b.
1907)
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1984 -
Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (b.
1922)
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1985 -
Karen Ann Quinlan, American right-to-die cause célèbre (b.
1954)
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1986 -
Chesley Bonestell, American-born engineer, architect, and artist (b.
1888)
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1993 -
Ray Sharkey, American actor (b.
1952)
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1996 -
Brigitte Helm, German actress (b.
1908)
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1998 -
Catherine Cookson, British novelist (b.
1906)
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1999 -
DeForest Kelley, American actor (b.
1920)
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2001 -
Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (executed) (b.
1968)
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2003 -
David Brinkley, American television reporter (b.
1920)
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2004 -
Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (b.
1946)
* 2004 -
Xenophon Zolotas,
Prime Minister of Greece (b.
1904)
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2005 -
Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese general (b.
1922)
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2006 - Major
Bruce Shand, Father of
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (b.
1917)
* 2006 -
Michael Bartosh, computer expert and author (b.
1977)
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Kamehameha Day, official state holiday of
Hawai'i,
United States, in honor of its first monarch, celebrated with floral parades, hula competition, and festivals
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Davis Day, in remembrance of William Davis, observed in
Cape Breton,
Nova Scotia,
Canada*
Roman Empire,
Matralia in honor of
Mater Matuta*
Roman Empire, fifth day of the
Vestalia in honor of
Vesta*
2006 -
Trinity Sunday*
National Puerto Rican Day,Started in 1956,Festivals and Parades will be held
Liturgical feasts
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Saint Barnabas, apostle, martyr in 62 AD [common; PCP (Paris), WTS (Bruges), 6082, in red]
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Saint Eskil, medieval patron saint of the
Diocese of Strängnäs in Sweden (later moved to
June 12 outside that diocese in order not to collide with the Feast of Barnabas)
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Saint Onuphrius, hermit, confessor [GTZ: Basel, Freising, Worms]
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Saint Reimbert,
bishop of Bremen, confessor
*Saint Aleidis of Schaarbeek (died 1250)
*Blessed Flora (died 1347)
*Blessed Tochumra, virgin [BLS: Kilmore, Ireland]
*Blessed Tochumra, virgin [BLS: Tochumra in Munster]
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