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Prayer


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

1984 Senate rejects amendment to permit spoken prayer in public schools

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

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

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

1962 Supreme Court rules New York school prayer unconstitutional

1962 Ged Grimes, rocker, Mary's Prayer

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

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

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

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

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

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

1844 RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms

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

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

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

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


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