Frances Xavier Cabrini, also known as Mother Cabrini, was a prominent Italian-American religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church. She was the first American to be recognized by the Vatican as a saint.

1946Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.^[†]

Howard Robard Hughes Jr. was an American aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, and investor. He was one of the richest and most influential people in the world during his lifetime. He first became prominent as a film producer, and then as an important figure in the aviation industry. Later in life, he became known for his eccentric behavior and reclusive lifestyle—oddities that were caused in part by his worsening obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), chronic pain from a near-fatal plane crash, and increasing deafness.

Headlines from July 7, 1946

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Victory Ship Sinks Sailing Vessel; 2 Die, 3 Saved Off Ambrose Light

Trieste Riots Over Big 4 Decision; Pro-Italians Battle Allied M.P.'s; AMERICAN AND BRITISH TROOPS IN OCCUPIED ZONES OF EUROPE

Coalition Forms in Senate To Ban Meat Price Control; Wherry Proposal, Backed Almost Solidly by Republicans, Gains Enough Democratic Support to Put Outcome in Doubt

Russia Bars Amity With U.S., Returned Times Writer Says; Ex-Head of Moscow Bureau Feels Only 'Armed Peace' Is Feasible for Years-- Calls Doctrine of Force Instinctive

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