630 A.D.
Roman Emperor Heraclius recaptures the True Cross taken by the Persians and restores it to it's proper place
1146 A.D.
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, at the request of Pope Blessed Eugene III, begins preaching the Second Crusade
1152 A.D.
Pope Blessed Eugene III grants an annulment to King Louis VII of France and his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine
1487 A.D.
Death of Saint Nicholas Von Flue, Patron Saint of Switzerland
1591 A.D.
Pope Gregory XIV bans all wagering on papal elections as well as betting on the length of a papal reign or when cardinal would be named and who.
1947 A.D.
Pope Pius XII publishes his eleventh encyclical Fulgens radiatur on Saint Benedict.
2000 A.D.
Pope John Paul II arrives in Jordan, celebrates his first Papal Mass in the Holy Land in Amman. He visits the place Jordanians claim Our Lord was baptized by Saint John the Baptist and later the same day flies from Amman to Tel Aviv and then is helicoptered to Jerusalem where he is met by the highest officials of Israel in welcome.