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Pelagius I was elected pope.
1209
Pope Innocent III gave oral approval to the rule of the order founded by St. Francis of Assisi.
1521
As Martin Luther was entering the city of Worms, someone asked him to flee because his death had supposedly been decided already. According to tradition, Luther responded: "If there were as many devils at Vorms as tiles on its roofs, I would enter."
1962
In Louisiana, Catholic archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel excommunicated three segregationists for refusing to integrate church schools.
1966
Abd-al-Salam Muhammad Arif, President of Iraq, died in a helicopter crash. He was succeeded by his elder brother, Major General Abd-al-Rahman Muhamad Arif.
1973
Argued: Committee for Public Education v. Nyquist
The Supreme Court would find all three sections of a New York law providing, among other things, tax deductions and reimbursements for children in parochial schools, unconstitutional. Each of the three parts of the law had the primary effect of furthering religion.
2006
Easter is celebrated in Western Christendom. For Christians, Easter commemorates the date Jesus Christ is believed to have risen from the dead, three days after he was crucified by Roman soldiers.
2006
Palm Sunday is celebrated in Eastern Christendom. On this date Christians commemorate Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem.
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