2004 Carl Anderson, actor/singer, ", Jesus Christ, Superstar, ", dies at 58
1998 Michelangelo, "Christ and the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million
1993 Anthony Bowles, music writer (Jesus Christ Superstar), dies at 61
1988 Shroud of Turin, revered by many Christians as Christ's burial cloth, is shown by carbon-dating tests to be a fake from the Middle Ages
1988 Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ's burial cloth
1988 Movie "Last Temptation of Christ" is released
1978 Joseph Freeman, Jr. is 1st black priest in Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
1978 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood
1978 "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 96 performances
1977 "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 96 performances
1976 Rev Joseph Evans elected president of United Church of Christ
1973 "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 711 performances
1971 "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 711 performances
1971 Fenholt and Webber's musical "Jesus Christ Superstar," premieres in New York City
1969 John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
1966 Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89
1958 Georges Rouault, French painter (Christ aux outrages), dies at 86
1956 Martin Albertz, German theologist (Jesus Christ's Church), dies at 73
1950 National Council of Church of Christ in U.S. forms
1946 Countee Cullen, U.S. poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42
1945 "Youth for Christ" organizes
1943 Pope Pius XII encyclical Mystic Corporis (mystic body of Christ)
1942 Martin Scorsese, Queens, dir, Mean Streets, Last Temptation of Christ
1939 Bradman hits 186 SA vs. Qld before Christ catches him at short-leg
1938 Bradman scores 225 South Aust vs. Qld before Christ gets him out
1931 Richard Christ, writer
1920 Lena Christ, writer, dies at 38
1920 Aster Berkhof, Flemish writer, Furious Christ
1911 C P "Chilla" Christ, cricketer, Qld spinner late 30's
1906 Lowell Gilmore, Minnesota, actor, Living Christ Series
1906 Harry Elstrom, Danish/Belgian sculptor, Great Passion, Black Christ
1904 Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated
1903 Countee Cullen, born in Baltimore, Maryland, poet, Black Christ and Other Poems
1894 Commonweal of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol
1894 Will Wright, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Living Christ Story
1885 Nikos Kazantazakis, Greece, writer, Zorba, Last Temptation of Christ
1884 Eli S Jones, U.S., evangelist, Christ of Indian road
1883 Martin Albertz, German theologist, Church Jesus Christ
1881 Lena Christ, writer
1876 Karl B Adam, German theologist, Christ our Brother
1866 Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77
1827 Charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge
1788 Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder, Disciples of Christ
1574 Maarten van Heemskerck, painter (Christ), dies
1553 Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter
1494 Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter, Sepulture of Christ
1471 Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91
1433 Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch mystic (Christ's Bride)/saint, dies at 53
1420 Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina
1380 Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint
34 Christ, crucified, according to Isaac Newton
33 Christ, crucified (according to astronomer Humphreys and Waddington)
30 Christ, crucified, according to astronomer Schaefer, dies
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