by Susan | Dec 8, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 8, 2005 The Third Protocol additional to the Geneva Conventions established the Red Crystal as an emblem that can be used by states that have difficulty with either the Red Cross or the Red Crescent because of perceptions that they may have religious...
by Susan | Dec 7, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 7, 1982 The first execution by lethal injection took place at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas. Charles Brooks, Jr., convicted of murdering an auto mechanic, received an intravenous injection of sodium pentathol, the barbiturate that is known as a...
by Susan | Dec 6, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 6, 1987 On the eve of Russian leader Mikhail Gorbachev’s arrival in the United States for a summit meeting with President Ronald Reagan, more than 200,000 protesters in Washington protested Soviet policies concerning Russian Jews. The protests succeeded in...
by Susan | Dec 5, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 5, 1953 The Montgomery Bus Boycott began.
by Susan | Dec 5, 2016 | Monuments
The Winter War began with the Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, and ended with the Moscow Peace Treaty on 13 March 1940. The League of Nations deemed the attack illegal and expelled the Soviet Union from the League on 14 December 1939. Finland ceded...
