by Susan | Jan 18, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
January 18, 1958 Hockey player Willie O’Ree of the Boston Bruins took to the ice for a game against the Montreal Canadiens, becoming the first black to play in the National Hockey League (NHL). January 18, 1985 For the first time since joining the World Court in 1946,...
by Susan | Jan 17, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
January 17, 1893 A group of American sugar planters under Sanford Ballard Dole overthrew Queen Liliuokalani, the Hawaiian monarch, and established a new provincial government with Dole as president. The coup occurred with the foreknowledge of John L. Stevens, the U.S....
by Susan | Jan 16, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
January 16, 1979 Faced with strikes, violent demonstrations, an army mutiny and clerical opposition to his repressive rule, the Shah of Iran, its hereditary monarch since 1941, was forced to flee the country. He had been installed in a CIA- and British-engineered 1953...
by Susan | Jan 15, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
January 15, 1969 Janet McCloud, her husband Don and four others from the Tulalip Indian tribe were tried for one of their “fish-ins” on the Nisqually River in Washington state. Despite century-old treaties granting them half the salmon catch in their...
by Susan | Jan 14, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
January 14, 1942 President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Presidential Proclamation No. 2537, requiring aliens from World War II-enemy countries—Italy, Germany and Japan—to register with the United States Department of Justice. A follow-up to the Alien Registration Act...
by Susan | Jan 13, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
January 13, 1958 Linus Pauling presented the “Scientists’ Test Ban Petition” to the United Nations, signed by over 11,000 scientists (including 36 Nobel laureates) from 49 countries. It called for an end to nuclear weapons testing for its detrimental health...
