Ben Affleck, actor, is 35 today

Feast day of The Assumption of the Virgin Mary, St Tarsicius, and St Arnulf of Soissons.

Ben Affleck, actor, is 35 today

1543: The Jesuit order (Society of Jesus) was founded by Ignatius de Loyola in Paris, with the aims of protecting Catholicism against the Reformation and carrying out missionary work.

1771: Sir Walter Scott, creator of the historical novel, was born in Edinburgh.

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