Year of three popes Year of three popes A year of three popes is a common reference to a year when the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church are required to elect two new popes within the same calendar year. Such a year generally occurs when a newly elected pope dies or resigns very early into his papacy. This results in the Catholic Church being led by three different popes during the same calendar year. The most recent instance of a year of three popes occurred in 1978. The three popes involved were: There have been several instances in which three or more
How Brown Saw the Baseball Game Baseball Game" was made, the company was creating and distributing up to three films a week. The identities of "How Brown Saw the Baseball Game"s director and cast are not known. It is a silent film shot in black and white, and the finished product comprised of film. For the scenes which took place at the ballpark, the filmmakers used a form of trick photography in order to show the baseball players running backwards. Siegmund Lubin filed a copyright for the film, under the alternate title "How Jones Saw the Baseball Game", on October 26, 1907. "How Brown Saw the