2012 Event After a series of self-immolation by Tibetan monks, hundreds of Tibetan monks and students protest against education policies in China's western Qinghai Province 2012 Event China's Premier Wen Jiabao blames the Dalai Lama for ongoing self-immolations by Tibetan monks 2010 Event Chinese Buddhist monks and archaeologists reveal part of a skull believed to be Buddhism's founder, Siddartha Gautama 1973 Event Monks Heng Yo and Heng Ju, start 1000 mile San Francisco to Seattle pilgrimage 1936 Event John Monks/Fred Finklehoff's "Brother Rat," premieres in New York City 1178 Event 5 Canterbury monks report something exploding on Moon 1178 Event 5 Canterbury monks report explosion on moon (only known observation)
