by Susan | Dec 26, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 26, 2000 President Clinton signed a ban on cutting shark fins and discarding the fish back to the...
by Susan | Dec 25, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 25, 1914 Just after midnight on Christmas morning, German troops at the front in World War I ceased firing their guns and artillery, and began to sing Christmas carols. At the first light of dawn, many of the German soldiers emerged from their trenches and...
by Susan | Dec 24, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 24, 2013 Britain posthumously pardoned Alan Turing (1912-1954) for a 1952 gay sex conviction which tarnished the brilliant career of the code breaker credited with helping win the war against Nazi Germany and laying the foundation for the computer...
by Susan | Dec 23, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 23, 1922 Pope Pius XI issued his first encyclical, Ubi arcano Dei consilio (On the Peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ.) It launched the “Catholic Action” movement, which involved lay men and women in an organization, under the supervision of...
by Susan | Dec 22, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 22, 1939 Indian Muslims observed a “Day of Deliverance,” led by Muslim League President Muhammad Ali Jinnah, to celebrate the resignations of members of the Indian National Congress over their not having been consulted over the decision to enter...
by Susan | Dec 21, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
December 21, 1511 Fray Antonio de Montesinos delivered his first sermon advocating justice for the native peoples of the “New World.” He said, in part: “Tell me by what right of justice do you hold these Indians in such a cruel and horrible servitude? On what...
