Happy 85th Birthday Dalai Lama

^{Tenzin Gyatso born Taktser, remote part of Tibet, 7/6/1935.}

^{He was one of 16 children.}

^{Recognized as Dalai Lama in 1939, enthroned in 1940.}

^{Officially became 14th Dalai Lama 11/17/1950.}

^{In exile.}

^{He said: “[t]he Dalai Lama office was an institution created to benefit others. It is possible that it will soon have outlived its usefulness.”}

^{In addition to hinting the he may be the last Dalia Lama, he laso suggested that if there is another Dalai Lama, it might be a woman.}

^{Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.}