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Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒiu]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), honoured in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta,^[7] was an Albanian–Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She was born in Skopje (now the capital of North Macedonia), then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. After living in Skopje for eighteen years, she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived for most of her life.

In 1950, Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation that had over 4,500 nuns and was active in 133 countries as of 2012. The congregation manages homes for people who are dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis. It also runs soup kitchens, dispensaries, mobile clinics, children’s and family counselling programmes, as well as orphanages and schools. Members take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, and also profess a fourth vow – to give “wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor.”

Teresa received a number of honours, including the 1962 Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize and the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. She was canonised on 4 September 2016, and the anniversary of her death (5 September) is her feast day. A controversial figure during her life and after her death, Teresa was admired by many for her charitable work. She was praised and criticized on various counts, such as for her views on abortion and contraception, and was criticized for poor conditions in her houses for the dying. Her authorized biography was written by Navin Chawla and published in 1992, and she has been the subject of films and other books. On 6 September 2017, Teresa and St. Francis Xavier were named co-patrons of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta.

TODAY’S ALMANAC

1800s

• DIED 1802: ANDRÉ MICHAUX (BOTANIST)

1830s

• BORN 1839: LOUIS-HONORÉ FRÉCHETTE (CANADIAN POET)

1840s

• 1841: NAPOLEON E. GUERIN GRANTED PATENT FOR CORK LIFE PRESERVER

1870s

• BORN 1873: W.C. HANDY (COMPOSER)

1880s

• DIED 1885: LOUIS RIEL (CANADIAN POLITICIAN)
• BORN 1889: GEORGE KAUFMAN (DIRECTOR OF THEATER)

1890s

• BORN 1895: PAUL HINDEMITH (COMPOSER)
• BORN 1899: MARY MARGARET MCBRIDE (RADIO COMMENTATOR)

1900s

• 1900: PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA PLAYED ITS INAUGURAL CONCERT
• 1907: OKLAHOMA ADMITTED TO THE UNION AS THE 46TH STATE
• BORN 1907: BURGESS MEREDITH (ACTOR)

1940s

• 1945: UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCO) IS ESTABLISHED

1950s

• BORN 1958: MARG HELGENBERGER (ACTRESS)
• 1959: RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN’S MUSICAL, THE SOUND OF MUSIC, PREMIERED

1960s

• DIED 1960: CLARK GABLE (ACTOR)
• BORN 1964: DWIGHT GOODEN (BASEBALL PLAYER)
• 1965: WALT DISNEY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUILD EPCOT CENTER
• BORN 1967: LISA BONET (ACTRESS)

1970s

• 1973: PRESIDENT NIXON SIGNED A BILL AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION OF A TRANS-ALASKA OIL PIPELINE
• 1973: SKYLAB 4 LAUNCHED FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
• BORN 1977: MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL (ACTRESS)

1980s

• DIED 1981: WILLIAM HOLDEN (ACTOR)
• BORN 1984: KIMBERLY J. BROWN (ACTRESS)

1990s

• DIED 1990: NORTHERN DANCER (RACEHORSE)
• 1996: MOTHER TERESA RECEIVED HONORARY U.S. CITIZENSHIP25 Years Ago

2010s

• 2017: METEOR FIREBALL TURNED NIGHT INTO DAY IN FINLAND

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