On This Day...

July 22

■ In 1922, a

Swedish hat salesgirl got fired. Greta Lovisa Gustaffson asked her employers, Bergstrom’s, for a leave of absence when she got her first chance to appear in a film. They were so annoyed they fired her on the spot. Miss Gustaffson later changed her name to Greta Garbo!

■ In 1934, John Dillinger was shot dead by federal agents outside the Biograph Cinema in Chicago. Public Enemy Number One had just been to see his favorite actress, Myrna Loy, in “Manhattan Melodrama” – but in the real drama that followed he never even had time to fire his gun. FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover had never really liked him. “Dillinger,” he said, “is cheap, boastful, selfish, tight-fisted and pug-ugly.”

— from Today’s the Day! By Jeremy Beadle

In Christian history

■ In 1620, Pastor John Robinson and a band of separatist Puritans from England, who had taken refuge in the Netherlands, left Holland for England to emigrate to America. This congregation afterward became known as the Pilgrims.

— from This Day in Christian History By William D. Blake

In the Philippines

■ In 1815, Apolinario de la Cruz, also known as Hermano Pule, crusader of religious freedom, was born in Lukban, Tayabas. Apolinario wished to become a priest but was disappointed when not one of the religious orders in Manila wanted to accept him because he was a native Filipino. It did not stop him, however, so he entered the San Juan de Dios Hospital, where he eventually became a donado (lay brother) and member of the Cofradia de San Juan de Dios, a religious brotherhood. He filled his hunger for the word of God in the Cofradia de San Juan de Dios and by attending masses in the churches in Intramuros and reading novenas and other catechism. He returned to Lukban after he was expelled from the hospital. Back in his hometown, he established the Cofradia de San Jose, aimed at honoring Saint Joseph and Virgin Mary. Having suffered biases in the practice of religion because of his being a Filipino, he setup the Cofradia as avenue of worshippers who would worship “God according to the dictates of their conscience.” Apolinario started the Cofradia with 19 members and called himself, being the leader, as hermano mayor, thus, he became widely known as Hermano Pule. His Cofradia drew members from the nearby provinces of Batangas and Laguna, and even from Tondo, Manila. Based from the registry or padrones of the organization, its members reached to around 5,000 individuals. The story of Hermano Pule started and ended with his hunger to worship the God he came to know from his killers.

— www.kahimyang.info

In Cebu

■ In 1854, the island of Bohol, which was formerly a part of Cebu Province, was proclaimed as a separate province by a royal order, together with the island of Siquijor.

■ In 1900, the residents of Barili and Sogod, through their respective town councils, registered a formal protest against the American occupation of their towns.

— from Cebuano Studies Center, University of San Carlos

We need not abandon our innate sensitivity to beauty simply because we are not trained enough to see the point of its replications.

— Art Outside of the Box, The Freeman Lifestyle, February 20, 2014