History Home
Events     Birthdays     Deaths     Years

Add "Today in History" or "Today's Birthdays" to Your Site - it's Easy!

Christ


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 Reverend 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

1952 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 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

1941 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 Bradman hits 186 SA vs. Qld before Christ catches him at short-leg

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

1935 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 Aster Berkhof, Flemish writer, Furious Christ

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

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

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

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 / U.S. 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

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

30 Christ, crucified, according to astronomer Schaefer, dies


History Home    Copyright 2010 BrainyMedia.com