Today’s highlight

On Sept. 4, 2016, elevating the “saint of the gutters” to one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors, Pope Francis canonized Mother Teresa, praising her radical dedication to society’s outcasts and her courage in shaming world leaders for the “crimes of poverty they themselves created.”

On this date

1781: Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers under the leadership of Governor Felipe de Neve.

1862: During the Civil War, Confederate forces led by Gen. Robert E. Lee began invading Maryland.

1888: George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film box camera, and registered his trademark: “Kodak.”

1944: During World War II, British troops liberated Antwerp, Belgium.

1957: Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus used Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent nine Black students from entering all-white Central High School in Little Rock.

1969: The Food and Drug Administration issued a report calling birth control pills “safe,” despite a slight risk of fatal blood-clotting disorders linked to the pills.

1972: U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz won a seventh gold medal at the Munich Olympics in the 400-meter medley relay.

2022: A man killed 11 people and injured 18 more in stabbings in and around Weldon, Saskatchewan, Canada.