JANUARY
Rigoberta
Menchu Tum
January 9 |
CELEBRATE
FOR A
CULTURE
OF PEACE
|
Martin
Luther King, Jr.
January 15 |
"National
Poverty Awareness Month"
www.povertyusa.org
| January
1 |
One
Day In Peace
- www.OneDayInPeace.com,
www.oneday.net
Katrina
vanden Heuvel born in New York,
1960
Khaled
born in Algeria, 1960
National
Holiday of Cuba, Haiti, Sudan
|
| January
2 |
Daisaku
Ikeda born in Japan, 1928
Isaac
Asimov born in Russia, 1920
Leaders
of the 3 warring factions in Bosnia met
for peace discussions, 1993
|
| January
3 |
Lucretia
Mott born in Nantucket, Mass., 1793
Liya
Kebede born in Ethiopia, 1980
The
UN Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural
Rights came into force, 1976
|
| January
4 |
Selena
Butler born in Georgia, 1872
National
Holiday of Myanmar
UN
Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination
in force, 1969
|
| January
5 |
Francesco
Suarez, pioneer of international law,
born in Granada, Spain 1548 |
| January
6 |
'No
More War' movement founded in London, 1921 |
| January
7 |
Meetings
of the Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear
Weapons, Canberra, Australia, 1996 |
| January
8 |
A.
J. Muste born in the Netherlands,
1885
President
Lyndon Johnson declared a War On Poverty,
1964
Emily
Greene Balch
born in Massachusetts, 1867
|
| January
9 |
Carrie
Chapman Catt born in Wisconsin,
1859
Joan
Baez born in Staten Island, N.Y.,
1941
Rigoberta
Menchu Tum born in Guatemala, 1959
|
| January
10 |
Women's
Suffrage Amendment introduced in Congress,
1878
League
of Nations founded with 50 nations signing
covenant to avoid war, 1920
First
session of UN General Assembly with 51 nations
represented, Central Hall, London 1946
|
| January
11 |
UN
Disarmament Commission set up 1952
Alice
Paul born in New Jersey, 1885
Aldo
Leopold born in Iowa, 1887
|
| January
12 |
Genocide Convention came
into force, 1951 |
| January
13 |
International
Convention on total prohibition of chemical
weapons signed in Paris 1993 |
| January
14 |
Albert
Schweitzer born in Alsace-Lorraine,
1875
Carol
Bellamy born in New Jersey, 1942
Precursor
to UNESCO Committee for International Cooperation,
first world cultural organization, founded,
Geneva 1922
|
| January
15 |
Martin
Luther King Jr. born in Atlanta, 1929 |
| January
16 |
Jeff
Skoll born in Montreal, Canada,
1965
Religious
Freedom Day - Virginia adopted religious
freedom statute drafted by Thomas Jefferson,
ultimately the model for the 1st Amendment,
1786
Civil
Service was created by US Congress, 1883
|
| January
17 |
Benjamin
Franklin born in Massachusetts,
1706
Robert
Maynard Hutchins born in New York,
1899
Muhammad
Ali born in Kentucky, 1942
Robert
Kennedy, Jr. born in Washington,
DC, 1954
|
| January
18 |
John
Hume born in Northern Ireland, 1937 |
| January
19 |
Javier
Pérez de Cuéllar born in Peru, 1920
Helen
Mack Chang born in Guatemala, 1952
|
| January
20 |
United
Nations University (UNU) inaugurated, Tokyo
1975 |
| January
21 |
Roger
Nash Baldwin, founder of the American
Civil Liberties Union, born in Massachusetts,
1884 |
| January
22 |
U
Thant, third UN Secretary-General,
born Pantanaw, Burma 1909 |
| January
23 |
United
Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
first meeting, London, 1946 |
| January
24 |
Doris
"Granny D" Haddock born in New Hampshire,
1910
International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) established
in Vienna, first act of United Nations General
Assembly 1946
|
| January
25 |
Peace
Conference at Versailles endorsed project
of a League of Nations 1919
Amy
Domini born in New York, 1950
|
| January
26 |
Australia
Day; Republic Day, India
Sean
MacBride born in Paris, 1904
Paul
Newman born in Ohio, 1925
|
| January
27 |
Samuel
Gompers born in London, England,
1850
Federico
Mayor born in Barcelona, Spain,
1934
Father
Roy Bourgeois born in Louisiana,
1938
Mairead
Corrigan Maguire
born in Northern Ireland, 1944
Asma
Jahangir born in Pakistan, 1952
|
| January
28 |
United
Nations Security Council resolution for
cease-fire in Indonesia and request for independence
from the Netherlands, 1948 |
| January
29 |
Freethinker's
Day (www.TruthSeeker.com)
Thomas
Paine born in England, 1737
Oprah
Winfrey born in Mississippi, 1954
|
| January
30 |
World
Court first met at The Hague 1922
Franklin
Delano Roosevelt born in New York,
1882
Saul
Alinsky born in Chicago, IL, 1909
|
| January
31 |
Thomas
Merton born in France, 1915
Alva
Myrdal born in Sweden, 1902
Stewart
Udall born in Arizona, 1920
National
Holiday of Nauru
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for
A CULTURE OF PEACE
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