The
Congregation for the Causes of Saints in the
Vatican, in the presence of
Pope John Paul II, promulgates a decree declaring that Emperor-King
Karl of Austria-Hungary (
r: 1916–1918) possessed "heroic virtues". This decree marks a significant step towards canonisation in the Roman Catholic Church for the last Austrian emperor and king of Hungary.
The bodies of a headless woman and a newborn
fetus with the
umbilical cord still attached washed up separately on the shore of
San Francisco Bay near
Richmond, California.
DNA testing determined the body is that of
Laci Peterson, who had been missing from her home in
Modesto since December 24, 2002.