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FRANCE: THE CITY OF LOURDES IS CELEBRATING CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF SAINT BERNADETTE. (1979)
The city of Lourdes in France has been one of the greatest pilgrim shrines of the Christian world since 1958, when the fourteen year-old daughter of a poor miller saw visions of the Virgin Mary.
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PORTUGAL: PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER MARIA DE LOURDES PINTASILGO AND CABINET TAKE OATHS OF OFFICE -- THE ELEVENTH GOVERNMENT SINCE 1974. (1979)
In Portugal, a 49-year-old diplomat and chemical engineer, Maria De Lourdes Pintasilgo became the country's first woman Prime Minister on Wednesday (1 August).
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France: Lourdes Military-Pilgrimage (1958)
French, British, Dutch, German, and Spanish troops gathered 40,000 strong at Lourdes today to attend a military pilgrimage. 25,000 of them are lodged in the Giraud camp, where organisation is so neat that 16,000 warm and nourishing drinks may be served in one hour.
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