DECEMBER

Ossie Davis
December 18

Celebrate
for a
Culture
of Peace

Margaret Mead
December 16

December 1

*World AIDS Day (www.AIDSDay.us)

José Figueres abolished the army of Costa Rica in 1949

Antarctic Peace Treaty, 1959

Ernst Toller born in Prussia, 1893

Medha Patkar born in India, 1954

National Holiday of Central African Republic, Romania

December 2

*International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
(www.PeaceCalendar.net/december2.htm)

National Holiday of Lao People's Democratic Republic, United Arab Emirates

December 3

*International Day of Disabled Persons (www.PeaceCalendar.net/december3.htm)

Octavia Hill born in England, 1838

December 4 Jeff Bridges born in California, 1949
December 5

*International Volunteer Day (www.VolunteerDayInfo.com)

The UN agreed to establish the University of Peace in Costa Rica, 1980

National Holiday of Thailand

December 6

13th Amedment, abolishing slavery was ratified, 1865

National Holiday of Finland

December 7

*International Civil Aviation Day
(www.PeaceCalendar.net/december7.htm)

Noam Chomsky born in Pennsylvania, 1928

Melba Pattillo Beals was born in 1941

Harry Chapin was born in New York in 1942

December 8

Baron Pierre de Coubertin created the modern Olympic games, Athens 1896

US and Soviet Union signed treaty to eliminate 2 classes of nuclear weapons, 1987

December 9

 *International Anti-Corruption Day
(www.PeaceCalendar.net/december9.htm)

December 10

*Human Rights Day - www.HumanRightsDayInfo.com

William Lloyd Garrison born in Massachusetts, 1805

Spanish American War ended with the signing of a treaty in Paris, 1898

The Nobel Prizes are awarded each year in Norway and Sweden on the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death (first prize was awarded in 1901)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted 1948

December 11

*International Mountain Day
(www.PeaceCalendar.net/december11.htm)

UNICEF (the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) was established, 1946

National Holiday of Burkina Faso

December 12 National Holiday of Kenya
December 13

Else von Hollander born in Latvia, 1885

Ella Baker born in Virginia, 1903

December 14 The UN General Assembly voted to establish its headquarters in New York City, 1946
December 15

Bill of Rights Day, commemorating ratification of Bill of Rights in 1791 (www.BillOfRightsDay.net)

United Nations Resolution for "Right to Life in Peace," 1978

December 16

Reconciliation Day (South Africa)- www.ReconciliationDay.com

Amy Carmichael born in Northern Ireland, 1867

Margaret Mead born in Pennsylvania, 1901

Barbara Wiedner born in Wisconsin, 1928

National Holiday of Bahrain

Indian Ocean Zone of Peace 1974

December 17

National Holiday of Bhutan

Clean Air Act passed by Congress, 1967

December 18

*International Migrants Day
(www.PeaceCalendar.net/december18.htm)

Dick Wareham born in Pennsylvania, 1924

Willy Brandt born in Germany, 1913

Ossie Davis born in Georgia, USA, 1917

National Holiday of Niger

UN Convention on the Rights of Women, 1952

Treaty on Migrant Rights, 1990

December 19

Mary Livermore born in Massachusetts, 1820

Phil Ochs born in Texas, 1940

Richard Leakey born in Kenya, 1944

*United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
(www.PeaceCalendar.net/december19.htm)

December 20 General Assembly approved the Declaration on the Rights of the Child, 1965
December 21

Phil Donahue born in Ohio, 1935

Matthew Fox born in Wisconsin, 1940

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. gave 8 million dollars for land on the East River, Manhattan, New York to build a home for the United Nations 1946

December 22

Hector Elizondo born in New York, 1936

Environmental Agenda of Rio approved by United Nations General Assembly, 1992

December 23 National Holiday of Japan
December 24 Benjamin Rush was born in Pennsylvania in 1745
December 25

Anwar Sadat born in Egypt, 1918

Clara Barton born in Massachusetts, 1821

Atal Bihari Vajpayee born in India, 1924

December 26

UN Convention to combat desertification came into force 1997

Norman Angell was born in England, 1872

José Ramos-Horta born in East Timor, 1949

December 27 Zafrullah Chowdhury born in Bangladesh, 1941
December 28

Woodrow Wilson born in Virginia, 1856

Endangered Species Act signed into law, 1973

December 29

  Václav Havel became President of Czechoslovakia, 1989

Peace accord ends 36 year civil war in Guatemala, 1996

December 30

 John Peter Altgeld born in Germany, 1847

Hanumappa Reddy Sudarshan born in India, 1950

December 31

World Spirituality Day - www.SpiritualityDay.com

John Denver born in New Mexico, 1943

UN Secretary-General Perez de Cuellar achieved cease-fire in El Salvador two minutes before midnight, ending his second term as Secretary-General, 1991

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