by Susan | Jul 5, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1905 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner, née Countess Kinsky von Chinic und Tettau of Austria-Hungary, for authoring the novel Die Waffen Nieder! (Lay Down Your Arms) and contributing to the creation of the Prize. Until...
by Susan | Jul 5, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 5, 2000 Conservationists launched the largest ever airlift of wild birds. More than 18,000 penguins were moved to safety as an oil slick threatened their South African breeding ground during mating season. A third of the entire species of black-footed penguins...
by Susan | Jul 4, 2016 | Good to Know!
Oh America, happy birthday. Happy remembering how we declared our independence from the world’s most powerful rule. Happy remembering how we proclaimed our freedom from the very idea of empire, when we declared, “all humans are equal,” when we...
by Susan | Jul 4, 2016 | Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
The 1904 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Institut de droit international ( the Institute of International Law), based in Belgium, for its efforts as an unofficial body to formulate the general principles of the science of international law. The Nobel Peace Prize is...
by Susan | Jul 4, 2016 | Monuments
On 1st July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme at La Boisselle, near Albert, France, the British Royal Engineers dug a mine and detonated 27 tons of high explosive to tunnel towards and under the German trenches and explode mines under them. A massive...
