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2013 Event - New research on the Shroud of Turin supports that it may actually been used as Jesus Christ's burial cloth; researchers used mechanical and thermal measurements to date the shroud between 300 BC and 400 AD

2010 Event - Swiebodzin, Poland announces the world's biggest statue of Jesus, called Christ the King, is completed

2004 Death - Carl Anderson, actor/singer, ", Jesus Christ, Superstar, ", dies at 58

1998 Event - Michelangelo, "Christ and the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million

1993 Death - Anthony Bowles, music writer (Jesus Christ Superstar), dies at 61

1988 Event - 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 Event - Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ's burial cloth

1988 Event - Movie "Last Temptation of Christ" is released

1978 Event - Joseph Freeman, Jr. is 1st black priest in Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

1978 Event - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) strikes down 148 year policy of excluding black men from priesthood

1978 Event - "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater New York City after 96 performances

1977 Event - "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Longacre Theater New York City for 96 performances

1976 Event - Reverend Joseph Evans elected president of United Church of Christ

1973 Event - "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 711 performances

1971 Event - "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 711 performances

1971 Event - Fenholt and Webber's musical "Jesus Christ Superstar," premieres in New York City

1969 Event - John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar

1966 Death - Karl B Adam, German theologist (Jesus Christ), dies at 89

1958 Death - Georges Rouault, French painter (Christ aux outrages), dies at 86

1956 Death - Martin Albertz, German theologist (Jesus Christ's Church), dies at 73

1952 Birthday - Joel Garner, born in Christ Church, Barbados, right-handed, fast bowler, nicknamed 'Big Bird', West Indian cricketer, played 1979 Cricket World Cup, 1983 Cricket World Cup

1950 Event - National Council of Church of Christ in U.S. forms

1946 Death - Countee Cullen, U.S. poet (Black Christ, One Way to Heaven), dies at 42

1945 Event - "Youth for Christ" organizes

1943 Event - Pope Pius XII encyclical Mystic Corporis (mystic body of Christ)

1942 Birthday - Martin Scorsese, Queens, dir, Mean Streets, Last Temptation of Christ

1941 Birthday - Jeremiah Wright, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pastor Emeritus, former Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, 8,500 member megachurch, former pastor of President Obama, known for politically charged, controversial sermons

1939 Event - Bradman hits 186 SA vs. Qld before Christ catches him at short-leg

1938 Event - Bradman scores 225 South Australia vs. Qld before Christ gets him out

1935 Birthday - Tony Campolo, born in America, pastor, speaker, author, promotes evangelical reform, leader, 'Red Letter Christian' movement, focusing on Christ's teachings, wrote, 'A Reasonable Faith', known for famous sermon, 'It's Friday, But Sunday's Coming!'

1920 Birthday - Aster Berkhof, Flemish writer, Furious Christ

1911 Birthday - C P "Chilla" Christ, cricketer, Qld spinner late 30's

1910 Birthday - Gordon B. Hinckley, born in Utah, religious leader, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

1906 Birthday - Lowell Gilmore, Minnesota, actor, Living Christ Series

1906 Birthday - Harry Elstrom, Danish/Belgian sculptor, Great Passion, Black Christ

1904 Event - Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated

1903 Birthday - Countee Cullen, born in Baltimore, Maryland, poet, Black Christ and Other Poems

1894 Event - Commonweal of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol

1894 Birthday - Will Wright, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Living Christ Story

1885 Birthday - Nikos Kazantazakis, Greece, writer, Zorba, Last Temptation of Christ

1884 Birthday - Eli S Jones, U.S., evangelist, Christ of Indian road

1883 Birthday - Martin Albertz, German theologist, Church Jesus Christ

1876 Birthday - Karl B Adam, German theologist, Christ our Brother

1866 Death - Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder Disciples of Christ, dies at 77

1827 Event - Charles Darwin reaches Christ's Counsel, Cambridge

1788 Birthday - Alexander Campbell, Irish / U.S. founder, Disciples of Christ

1574 Death - Maarten van Heemskerck, painter (Christ), dies

1553 Event - Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter

1494 Birthday - Jacopo Pontormo II, Italy, painter, Sepulture of Christ

1471 Death - Thomas a Kempis, spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at 91

1433 Death - Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch mystic (Christ's Bride)/saint, dies at 53

1420 Event - Duke John VI of Bavaria visits "Christ's bride"/virgin Liduina

1380 Birthday - Liduina van Schiedam, Dutch "Christ's bride"/saint

33 Death - Christ, crucified (according to astronomer Humphreys and Waddington)

30 Death - Christ, crucified, according to astronomer Schaefer, dies

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