| 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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