Thursday, September 29, 2011

TODAY IN HISTORY

SEPTEMBER 29
1979:Pope John Paul II makes an impassioned appeal for peace between Catholics and Protestants before a crowd of 300,000 people in Drogheda, Ireland. It is the first visit to Ireland by a pope.

1988: Stacy Allison becomes the first American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

1990: Construction of Washington National Cathedral is completed, exactly 83 years to the day after President Theodore Roosevelt presided over the laying of its cornerstone.
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