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 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 1972 Death Kenneth Patchen, U.S. poet and writer (Cloth of Tempest), dies at 60 1911 Birthday Kenneth Patchen, U.S., poet and novelist, Cloth of the Tempest 1775 Event 1st U.S. joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at 10 cents 1626 Event Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons
