John de Gray (died 1214) was a medieval English Bishop of Norwich. He
was employed in the service of King John even before the coronation, for
which de Gray was rewarded with various ecclesiastical offices,
culminating in his pro forma election to Norwich in 1200. He continued
in royal service after his elevation to the episcopate, lending John
money and undertaking diplomatic missions on his behalf. In 1205 John
attempted to further reward de Gray by making him Archbishop of
Canterbury, but a disputed election process led to de Gray's selection
being quashed by Pope Innocent III in 1206. Stephen Langton was
consecrated as archbishop against John's wishes, triggering a long
dispute with the papacy. The pope imposed various sanctions on England
and John. In 1209 de Gray became governor of Ireland for John, and spent
until 1213 attempting to impose royal government there on the Anglo-
Norman barons and the native Irish. He travelled to Rome to secure a
papal pardon after the final settlement of the dispute with John. After
the pardon, de Gray was appointed Bishop of Durham, but he died on his
way back to England.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Gray>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1938:
At a conference in Munich, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini,
Neville Chamberlain, and Édouard Daladier reached a settlement, signing
it at about 1:30 a.m. the next day, stipulating that Czechoslovakia must
cede the Sudetenland to Germany.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Agreement>
1954:
Willie Mays of Major League Baseball's New York Giants made one
of the most famous defensive plays in baseball history, known as "The
Catch".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Catch_%28baseball%29>
1991:
The Haitian Army deposed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
eight months after the nation's first democratic elections.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Haitian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat>
2006:
Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collided in mid-air with an
Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Mato Grosso,
Brazil, killing 154 people, and triggering a Brazilian aviation crisis.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gol_Transportes_A%C3%A9reos_Flight_1907>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
spot of bother:
(idiomatic) A slight problem; a small predicament.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spot_of_bother>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we call upon thy holy
name, and as suppliants we implore thy clemency, that by the
intercession of Mary, ever Virgin Immaculate and our Mother, and of the
glorious Archangel St. Michael, thou wouldst deign to help us against
Satan and all other unclean spirits, who wander about the world for the
injury of the human race and the ruin of souls.
--Pope Leo XIII
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_XIII>