by Susan | Jan 13, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 13, 1847 The Treaty of Cahuenga (also called the “Capitulation of Cahuenga”) ended the fighting of the Mexican-American War in Alta California in 1847. It was not a formal treaty between nations but an informal agreement between rival military...
by Susan | Jan 12, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 12, 1987 Twenty West German judges were arrested for blockading the U.S. Air Force base at Mutlangen, West Germany where Pershing II nuclear-armed cruise missiles were deployed. Judge Ulf Panzer stated:, “Fifty years ago, during the time of Nazi fascism,...
by Susan | Jan 11, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 11, 1912 Women working in the textile factories of Lawrence, Massachusetts walked out en masse and started a two month strike that would later become known as the Bread and Roses strike, after a line in a speech given by Rose Schneiderman “The worker...
by Susan | Jan 10, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 10, 1776 Thomas Paine published his pamphlet Common Sense. In it he said, “Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world...
by Susan | Jan 9, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 9, 1964 Martyrs’ Day commemorates the January 9, 1964 riots over sovereignty of the Panama Canal Zone, which started after a Panamanian flag was torn during conflict between Panamanian students and Canal Zone Police officers. In January 1963, U.S...
by Susan | Jan 8, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
January 8, 1973 The Federal Communications Commission held a 2-hour hearing on a proposal made by a citizen’s action group called Action for Children’s Television (ACT) to ban advertisements during children’s television shows. Responding to concerns...
