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10 December 1979: Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace...
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10 December 1979
Mother Teresa
was awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize for ministering to the poor and homeless of India. Early in the following century the process was set in motion for making her a saint.
Schlessinger, Bernard S., and June H. Schlessinger. The Who’s Who of Nobel Prize Winners, 1901-1995. 3rd ed., Oryx Press, 1996.