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August 4 Saints of the Day – The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus and Jean-Marie...
On this day in 1693, according to tradition, Dom Perignon invented sparkling wine. Rumors that he never attended Compline again are unfounded. The Seven Sleepers (or Holy Youths) of Ephesus (III cent....
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August 6 Feast of the Day – The Transfiguration
On this day in 1962, Jamaica became independent from the United Kingdom, giving the island’s bobsledders no team to train with for over twenty years. The Transfiguration is the name given to the...
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October 2 Saints of the Day – Cyprian & Justina and Guardian Angels
On this day in 1950, the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz was first published. Schulz throughout his life hated the name; he would have preferred “Filberts.” Cyprian of Nicomedia (d. 304), an...
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October 6 Saints of the Day – Apostle Thomas and Francis Trung Van Tran
On this day in 1903, the High Court of Australia sat for the first time, thanks to a shipment of chairs from Taiwan. Thomas (d. 72) was one of the Twelve Apostles, and (in)famous for not believing the...
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November 11 Saints of the Day – Menas of Egypt and Martin of Tours
On this day in 1675, Gottfried Leibniz demonstrated the integral calculus for the first time, throwing a curve to area mathematicians. Menas of Egypt (285 – ca. 304 or 309)’s mother Euphemia (“good...
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December 6 Saint of the Day – Nicholas of Myra
On this day in 1768, the first edition of the “Encyclopedia Britannica” was published, in Scotland, after requests from university students for something to sell over the summer holidays. Nicholas,...
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December 8 Saints of the Day – Patapius and Immaculate Conception
On this day in 1952, the word “pregnancy” (as opposed to “expecting”) was first used on American television (on “I Love Lucy”). “Oh!” the public cried. “We wondered what you were expecting!” Patapius...
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December 26 Saints of the Day – Synaxis of the Theotokos, Sunday after the...
On this day in 1947, 25.8″ of snow fell on New York City in 16 hours, while Los Angeles set a record high of 84°F. Many New Yorkers told their west coast relatives “I don’t want to hear about it” in...
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