TIMELINE xv1979 Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1983 Suffers heart attack while visiting in Rome.
1985 Receives Medal of Freedom from the United
States, the highest civilian award given.
1987 The Missionaries of Charity establish hospices for
people with AIDS.
1989 Suffers second heart attack; doctors implant pace-
maker.
1991 Prepares to step down as head of Missionaries of
Charity because of poor health; she is re-elected
with one dissenting vote—her own.
1994 Documentary film Hell’s Angelis broadcast on the
BBC Channel Four.
1996 Granted honorary American citizenship.
1997 Sister Nirmala elected to succeed Mother Teresa as
leader of Missionaries of Charity; Mother Teresa
dies after having a heart attack at the Motherhouse
in Calcutta.