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Final 1962 Chicago Crusade meeting at Soldier Field, where 116,000 people gathered in over 100-degree heat.
With President John F. Kennedy in West Palm Beach, Florida, for a game of golf, January 1961. In the backseat is Florida Senator George Smathers.
Discussing my impressions of her country with the Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, 1973.
In Israel, 1969, with Prime Minister Golda Meir.
Arriving in Chicago with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1962, after a plane trip together from Florida.
At the Kremlin with Politburo member Boris Ponomarev, 1984.
Being welcomed in 1964 by Cardinal Richard J. Cushing of Boston, the first ranking Roman Catholic cleric to extend recognition to our ministry.
Meeting with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Great Britain, 1989.
Preaching in the pouring rain to troops in Vietnam, December 1966.
Speaking at the infamous Wall of Death at the former Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz, Poland, 1978.
Answering questions at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1982.
Visiting the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, December 1977, where 100,000 lost their lives in a devastating cyclone and tidal wave.
Touring earthquake-damaged areas of Northern California, October 1989. Behind is a collapsed section of Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland.
On the streets of Belfast, Northern Ireland, minutes after a bomb blast killed several people, 1972.
A first in Communist-dominated Europe: crowds legally gathering on public property for an evangelistic service, Pécs, Hungary, 1985.
Preaching to an impromptu gathering of people from the Masai tribe during the 1960 African tour.
Closing meeting of the 1973 Seoul, Korea, Crusade in Yoido Plaza with more than one million people, the largest audience in our ministry.
Some 250,000 people gather to hear the gospel in Central Park, New York, 1991.
Metropolitan (later Patriarch) Alexei listens as I preach in the Orthodox Cathedral in Tallinn, Estonia, 1984.
A crowd estimated at 150,000 welcomes us to the Orthodox Cathedral in Timisoara, Romania, 1985.
Following our discussions, Chinese Premier Li Peng escorts Ruth and me to our car, 1988.
Japanese Christians welcome us to their country for a series of Crusades, 1980. Left: Team members Walter Smyth and Henry Holley.
Franklin, Ruth, and I visit Ruth’s childhood home in Huaiyin, China, during our 1988 trip.
Singing with school children at the Great Wall of China, 1988.