2013 Event If verified, a Buddhist shrine discovered in Nepal that dates to 550 BC could change the date of the Buddha's birthday 2012 Event Illegally excavated Buddhist relics that were recovered by Pakistani police were stolen from a police station in Karachi; the pieces date back to the Gandhara civilization which existed over 2,000 years ago in Pakistan 2010 Event Afghan archeologists discover the remains of a Buddhist site located south of Kabul 2010 Event Chinese Buddhist monks and archaeologists reveal part of a skull believed to be Buddhism's founder, Siddartha Gautama 2009 Event Buddhist Treasures buried during the 1930's Mongolian Communist Purge, were discovered in the Gobi desert 1994 Event French youngster (4) becomes Buddhist Lama Tulkou Kalou Rinpoche 1994 Death Parmeso Emekrasha, buddhist Monk, dies 1990 Death Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher, head of Cambridge Buddhist Association, dies 1979 Event Boston Court issues occupancy permit for Cambridge Buddhist Center 1979 Event Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Association meditation in Boston 1966 Event Buddhist sets self on fire at U.S. consulate in Hue South-Vietnam 1963 Event Martial law declared in South Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas 1963 Death Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon 1959 Death S W R D Bandaranaike, Ceylon's PM, assassinated by a Buddhist monk 1955 Event Satomi Myodo, renews Zen nun vows and takes Buddhist name of Daien Myodo 1904 Event 1st Buddhist temple in U.S. forms, Los Angeles 1901 Birthday Christmas Humphreys, England, lawyer/writer/Buddhist, Awakening of Zen 1889 Event 17th Preakness: W Anderson aboard Buddhist wins in 2:17 1870 Birthday D T Suzuki, Kanazawa Japan, Zen Buddhist scholar 1686 Birthday Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist 1324 Event Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai and Shingon 1262 Death Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies 1222 Birthday Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest and saint
