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2012 Event - John Hume, Ireland's former Social Democratic Party Leader, receives the papal knighthood at a special mass at St. Eugene's Cathedral in Derry

2012 Event - The 'Lamb of God', the first panels of the Ghent Altarpiece are secretly moved from Saint Bavo Cathedral for a five-year restoration at the Ghent Museum of Fine Arts; the panels are likely the most frequently stolen artwork in history

1994 Death - Michael Aldridge, actor (Murder in the Cathedral), dies at 73

1990 Event - 1st Russian Orthodox service in 70 years held in St. Basil's Cathedral

1990 Event - Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years

1968 Event - John Lennon and Yoko Ono plant an acorn at Conventry Cathedral

1944 Event - 1st Serbian Orthodox cathedral in U.S., Cathedral of St. Sava, New York City

1937 Birthday - Quinlan Terry, born in Hampstead, London, architect, Palladian style, known for Brentwood Cathedral in Essex, partner, Erith & Terry

1935 Event - T. S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral," premieres in London

1934 Birthday - Roy Massey, Master of Choristers, Hereford Cathedral

1926 Birthday - Arthur Wills, born in England, composer, professor at Royal Academy of Music in London, Director of Music at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England, composed music for the organ and secular music based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four

1926 Birthday - Robert Schuller, televangelist, Glass Cathedral, Hour of Power

1920 Birthday - Michael Aldridge, Glastonbury England, actor, Murder in Cathedral

1907 Event - Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral

1900 Birthday - Louise Nevelson, U.S., sculptor, Sky Cathedral

1892 Event - Foundation Stone of Cathedral of St. John laid (New York City)

1880 Event - Koln cathedral completed, 633 years after it begun

1880 Event - Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (began in 1248)

1863 Birthday - Ralph Adams Cram, U.S., gothic architect, Cathedral of St. Joan New York City

1861 Event - Steeple of Chichester Cathedral blown down during a storm

1860 Birthday - William R Inge, English theologist/Deacon St. Paul's Cathedral

1842 Event - Work on Koln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus

1829 Event - Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral afire, does 60,000 pounds damage

1826 Death - John Flaxman, English sculptor (tombs at St. Paul's Cathedral), dies at 71

1821 Event - Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, 1st U.S. Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore

1779 Death - William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies

1710 Birthday - William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music

1697 Event - St. Paul's Cathedral opens in London

1638 Death - John Ward, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba, dies at 67 in Essex, England

1601 Birthday - Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor, Cathedral Granada

1573 Birthday - Inigo Jones, born in London, architect, restored St. Paul's Cathedral

1571 Birthday - John Ward, born in Canterbury, England, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba

1569 Event - 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St. Paul's Cathedral

1568 Event - Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral perfects a way to bottle beer

1563 Event - William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral

1501 Event - Copernicus formally installed as canon of Frauenberg Cathedral

1258 Event - Cathedral of Salisbury inaugurated

1248 Event - Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun

1248 Event - Archbishop Konrad vs. Hochstaden lays cornerstone for Koln cathedral

1092 Event - Lincoln Cathedral consecrated

1083 Event - Henry IV of Germany storms Rome, capturing St. Peter's Cathedral













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