This Day in History: 05/18/1920 - Pope John Paul II born - HISTORY

This Day in History - May 18, 1920, Karol Jozef Wojtyla is born in the Polish town of Wadowice. To find out more about this day, check out this video clip.

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On this day in 2005, John Paul II, history's most well-traveled pope and the first non-Italian to hold the position since the 16th century, dies at his home in the Vatican. Six days later, two million people packed Vatican City for his funeral, said to be the biggest funeral in history. John Paul II was born Karol Jozef Wojtyla in Wadowice, Poland, 35 miles southwest of Krakow, in 1920.

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