The day the Sun Danced – Miracle of the Sun in Fatima on October 13, 1917

When ten-year-old Lúcia dos Santos prophesized in 1917 that the Virgin Mary would visit Earth, she could never have imagined the crowds who would flock to see.

It is estimated that 30,000 to 100,000 witnessed the event.

The story of a famous miracle in Fátima, Portugal, began in May 1917, when three children (ages 7, 9, and 10) claimed to have encountered the Virgin Mary on their way home from tending a flock of sheep. The oldest girl, Lucia, was the only one to speak to her, and Mary told the children that she would reappear to them on the thirteenth day of the next six months. She then vanished.

It was a rainy day and the ground was muddy.

During the sun event on 10/13/1917 it is said that the ground became dry and the clothing on all the people became dry.

Sources:

https://www.motherofallpeoples.com/post/eyewitness-accounts-of-the-solar-miracle – Eye witness accounts.

https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/miracle-sun-fatima-portugal-vision-what-happened/ -- 30,000 to 100,000 onlookers

https://www.livescience.com/29290-fatima-miracle.html – The Lady of Fatima & the Miracle of the Sun

Catholic 365 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4IbOzuNlmE