by Susan | May 22, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 22, 2001 Delegates from 127 countries formally voted approval of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS), a treaty calling for the initial elimination of 12 of the most dangerous man-made chemicals, nine of which are pesticides. POPS are...
by Susan | May 21, 2017 | peacemaker birthdays
May 22, 1930 Harvey Milk “The fact is that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than for any other single reason. That, that my friends, is true perversion.” May 24, 1918 Coleman Young “You can’t look forward and backward...
by Susan | May 21, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 21, 1678 The custom of “weighing the Mayor” began in High Wycombe, Bucks, England, after Mayor Henry Shepard in was reported as being drunk and misbehaving himself. The Mayor is weighed upon taking up office, and again a year later when the next incumbent takes on...
by Susan | May 20, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 20, 1964 After a 31-month investigation, the U.S. Attorney in Fort Wayne, Indiana, informed the FBI that it would not prosecute Wand Records on charges of interstate distribution of obscene material for distributing the hit record “Louie Louie.” The...
by Susan | May 19, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
May 19, 2015 The Refugio oil spill, caused by a burst pipeline, deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west...
