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1950 – Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
1993 – The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
2001 – The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
2016 – In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to 800.
| Consecrated religious, nun | |
|---|---|
| Saint Teresa of Calcutta Mother Teresa, MC | |
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| Born | Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu 26 August 1910 Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Skopje, North Macedonia) |
| Died | 5 September 1997 (aged 87) Calcutta, West Bengal, India (present-day Kolkata) |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 19 October 2003, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | 4 September 2016, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis |
| Major shrine | Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Feast | 5 September[1] |
| Attributes | |
| Patronage | |
Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu[6] (born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu, Albanian: [aˈɲɛzə ˈɡɔndʒɛ bɔjaˈdʒiu]; 26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), commonly known as Mother Teresa and honoured in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta,[7] was an Albanian-Indian[4] Roman Catholic nun and missionary.[8] She was born in Skopje (now the capital of North Macedonia), then part of the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. After living in Skopje for eighteen years, she moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived for most of her life.
In 1950, Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic religious congregation that had over 4,500 nuns and was active in 133 countries in 2012. The congregation manages homes for people who are dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy and tuberculosis. It also runs soup kitchens, dispensaries, mobile clinics, children's and family counselling programmes, as well as orphanages and schools. Members take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience, and also profess a fourth vow—to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor."[9]
Teresa received a number of honours, including the 1962 Ramon Magsaysay Peace Prize and 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. She was canonised on 4 September 2016, and the anniversary of her death (5 September) is her feast day.
US to finally exit Afghanistan
https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/37877/
https://www.thebalance.com/cost-of-afghanistan-war-timeline-economic-impact-4122493
Cost to Veterans
The cost of veterans’ medical and disability payments over the next 40 years will be more than $1 trillion, according to Linda Bilmes, a senior lecturer in public finance at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The cost of caring for war veterans typically peaks in the three or four decades after a conflict, she said.
More than 320,000 soldiers from Afghanistan and Iraq have traumatic brain injuries that cause disorientation and confusion, as of 2018. Of those, more than 8,000 suffered severe or invasive brain injuries, and more than 1,600 soldiers lost all or part of a limb. More than 138,000 have post-traumatic stress disorder. They experience flashbacks, hypervigilance, and difficulty sleeping.
On average, 20 veterans commit suicide each day according to a 2016 VA study. The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America found that 47% of its members know of someone who has attempted suicide after returning from active duty
The war in Afghanistan is second only to the $4.1 trillion dollars (inflation-adjusted) spent during World War II.