- Died nine days after her 87th birthday and just five days after the death of Princess Diana, who supported charity and once met her in India.
- First and only person to be featured on an Indian postage stamp while still alive.
- Diagnosed with heart problems in 1974, a fact which she tried to keep secret.
- Was made an honorary citizen of the USA by President Bill Clinton.
- While being a nun, she taught geography and basic literacy.
- Joined the Sisters of Loreto as a missionary at the age of 18, which meant that she would never see her family again.
- After her death, she was laid to rest in a simple room at the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, the convent where she lived and worked. The long, narrow room, once the convent's dining room, faces the street. (September 1997)
- Was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for work undertaken in the struggle to overcome poverty and distress, which also constitute a stress to peace" (1979).
- Marvel Comics published a comic book about her life entitled "Mother Teresa of Calcutta" (1985).
- Founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, India (October 1950), which had over 610 missions in 123 countries at the time of her death.
- Was of Albanian origin.
- Born to Nikola Bojaxhiju and his wife Drane, she was the youngest of the family's children.
- Was chosen "most admired person of the 20th century" by a poll in the United States (1999).
- Beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003.
- Often addressed by her middle name, Gonxha, which means 'flower bud' in Albanian.
- Fluent in English, Albanian, Serbo-Croat, Bengali, and Hindi.
- She was awarded an Honorary A.C. (Companion of the Order of Australia) on January 26, 1982 for her services to Australia and humanity worldwide.
- The airport of Albania's capital Tirana was named "Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza" in 2002.
- Pictured on a 44¢ USA commemorative postage stamp issued 5 September 2010 in Washington, DC.
- Often misattributed to a famous series of quotes beginning," People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway" and ending "You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway." These were a series of sayings created by Kent M. Keith and published in 1968 in a pamphlet titled "The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council".
- It been often believed that one thing that caused her death was "Broken Heart Syndrome", due to the tragic death of Princess Diana, whom she had personally known. It's however --not strictly confirmed if Teresa was even made aware of the event.
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