"blessed event" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1940 June 24, “Good Omen”, in Time",
          "text": "Alexander Loudon, Netherlands Minister to the U.S., when asked if the blessed event was in prospect, hedged: \"A royal child born on the soil of freedom-loving America would be both a blessing and a good omen.\"",
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          "ref": "2007 November 5, Laura Capitano, “I hate . . . TV birth plotlines”, in Florida Times-Union, retrieved 2009-05-12",
          "text": "Soon we come to the mother-to-be-any-minute-now in the delivery room, and there is some question about whether the father can/will/wants to get to the hospital in time for the blessed event.",
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        "The birth of a baby."
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        "(idiomatic, euphemistic) The birth of a baby."
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          "ref": "1850, Charles Dickens, chapter 33, in David Copperfield",
          "text": "Mr. Spenlow told me this day week was Dora's birthday, and he would be glad if I would come down and join a little picnic on the occasion. . . . I think I committed every possible absurdity in the way of preparation for this blessed event.",
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          "ref": "2004 September 26, Gary Rivlin, “Quiet, Please! Suddenly, the S.E.C. Is Listening”, in New York Times, retrieved 2009-05-12",
          "text": "There was a time not so long ago when a company poised to go public would invite a reporter inside to memorialize the moments leading up to the blessed event.",
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        "An occurrence or occasion which is particularly noteworthy and enjoyable."
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        "(idiomatic, sometimes humorous or ironical) An occurrence or occasion which is particularly noteworthy and enjoyable."
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