Tenzin Gyatso was born on 6 July 1935 in Taktser. The 14th Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, was born Lhamo Thondup to a farming family in northeastern Tibet and was recognized as the reincarnation of his predecessor at the age of two. He was enthroned in 1940 and took political power in 1950, as Chinese forces entered Tibet. After the failed uprising of 1959 he fled to India, where he set up the Tibetan government in exile at Dharamsala. He has promoted a Middle Way approach seeking genuine autonomy for Tibet instead of independence, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989. He has also written and lectured widely on compassion and dialogue between religion and science, and in 2011 he gave up his political role.
Before and after
- 14 April 1935Black Sunday and the Dust Bowl
- 14 May 1935Founding of Griffith Observatory
- 20 May 1935Birth of José Mujica
- 31 May 1935Founding of 20th Century Studios
- 6 July 1935Birth of Tenzin Gyatso
- 17 July 1935Birth of Donald Sutherland
- 1 October 1935Birth of Julie Andrews
- from 3 October 1935 to 19 February 1937Second Italo-Ethiopian War
- 7 October 1935Discovery of Loschbour man
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