by Susan | Aug 30, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1978 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Mohamed Anwar Al-Sadat, of Egypt, and to Menachem Begin, of Israel, for the Camp David Agreement, which brought about a negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel. In her presentation speech, Aase Lionaes, Chairman of the...
by Susan | Aug 30, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 30, 1146 A conference of European leaders outlawed the crossbow. It was hoped that by banning the weapon, wars would eventually...
by Susan | Aug 29, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1977 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Amnesty International, based in the United Kingdom, for protecting the human rights of prisoners of conscience. The Nobel Lecture was delivered by Mümtaz Soysal (pictured), a Turkish academic, the first former prisoner of...
by Susan | Aug 29, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 29, 430 Augustine died in Hippo (now Annaba, Algeria) with a Vandal army outside the gates of the city. Augustine had developed the theory of a “just war” and said a nation’s leaders must consider among other things, anticipated loss of civilian...
by Susan | Aug 29, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 29, 1958 Britain’s Notting Hill Riots began when a gang of white youths attacked a Swedish woman, Majbritt Morrison. The youths had seen her the previous night arguing with her Jamaican husband, Raymond, at Latimer Road tube station. This led to a series of...
