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2011 Event - As part of a crackdown on dissent in China, 169 Chinese Christians attempting to hold an outdoor prayer session were detained, then released

1989 Event - Madonna's "Like a Prayer" premieres on worldwide Pepsi commercial

1984 Event - Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools

1981 Death - David Lynch, singer (Platters-My Prayer), dies at 51

1966 Death - Maurice Roelants, Belgian author (Prayer for a Good End), dies at 70

1963 Event - Supreme Court rules against Bible reading/prayer in public schools

1962 Event - Supreme Court rules New York school prayer unconstitutional

1962 Birthday - Gary Clark, rocker, Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer

1961 Birthday - Kit Clarke, rocker, Danny Wilson-Mary's Prayer

1957 Event - Prayer Pilgrimage, biggest civil rights demonstration to date (DC)

1942 Event - Radio Orange calls for March 1 day of prayer in Dutch Indies

1919 Birthday - Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist, opppsed prayer in school

1863 Event - President Davis calls for this to be a day of fasting and prayer

1844 Event - RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms

1760 Event - 1st Jewish prayer books printed in U.S.

1662 Event - Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer

1552 Event - 2nd version of Book of Common Prayer becomes manditory in England

1549 Event - Book of Common Prayer is adopted by the Church of England

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