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
Wed, 15 Aug, 2007 - 01:00

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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