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May 13, 1917

On May 13, 1917, three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal. Gwendolyn Brooks, Gwendolyn Brooks, Gwendolyn Brooks would arrive in the same year.

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1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1917th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 917th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 20th…

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On May 13, 1917

  1. 1917 Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.

    Title for Mary, mother of Jesus

    Our Lady of Fátima is a Catholic title of Mary, mother of Jesus, based on the Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria in Fátima, Portugal. The three children were Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto. José Alves Correia da Silva, Bishop of Leiria, declared the events worthy of belief on 13 October 1930.

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Gwendolyn Brooks 1917– American poet (died 2000)
Gwendolyn Brooks 1917– American poet (died 2000)
Gwendolyn Brooks 1917– American poet (died 2000)
Gwendolyn Brooks 1917– American poet (died 2000)

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