by Susan | Dec 22, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
December 22, 1939 “Day of Deliverance” (Urdu: یوم نجات) was a celebration day marked by many Indian Muslims and others during the Indian Independence movement. It was led by Muslim League President Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and intended to celebrate the...
by Susan | Dec 22, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
December 22, 1982 The National Wildflower Research Center, a nonprofit organization based in Austin, was established to increase public awareness and appreciation of North American flora and to facilitate research on native wildflowers, trees, shrubs, and grasses for...
by Susan | Dec 21, 2015 | Do Something
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by Susan | Dec 21, 2015 | Monuments
Sixteen years after the Choctaw and other “civilized” tribes had endured the Trail of Tears and been forcefully relocated to Oklahoma, the great potato famine of was spreading in Ireland. While numerous crops were grown in great quantity in Ireland,...
by Susan | Dec 21, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
December 21, 1949 The Soviet Union created the International Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples in honor of Joseph Stalin’s seventieth birthday. Following Khrushchev’s denunciation of Stalin in 1956, the prize was renamed as the...
