2011 Event Millions of Muslims begin Hajj, their annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca 2010 Event At least 70 people are killed and 300 wounded in a series of bombings over the three-day Shia pilgrimage to the Musa Kadhim mausoleum in Iraq 1974 Event Heng Yo and Heng Ju, completes 1,000 mile (SF-Seattle) pilgrimage 1973 Event Monks Heng Yo and Heng Ju, start 1000 mile San Francisco to Seattle pilgrimage 1957 Event Prayer Pilgrimage, biggest civil rights demonstration to date (DC) 1923 Birthday Tip [Silvio A] Marugg, Antillian writer, Weekend pilgrimage 1921 Birthday Paul Daels, president, Flemish Iron Pilgrimage committee 1818 Event Lord Byron completes "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" (4th canto)
