1898
| 1898 • Luigi Lucheni assassinates Empress Elisabeth of Austria-Hungary. |
1929
Apr 8
Age: 31y
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birth of childJames Patrick Carr Seattle, King, Washington, USA ⇓ 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1929 • Pope Pius XI emerges from the Apostolic Palace and enters St. Peter's Square in a huge procession witnessed by about 250,000 persons, thus ending nearly 60 years of self-imposed status by the papacy as Prisoner in the Vatican. |
1982
Oct 20
Age: 84y
| 1982 • Spanish priest Juan María Fernández y Krohn tries to stab Pope John Paul II with a bayonet during the latter's pilgrimage to the shrine at Fatima. |