by Susan | Jul 5, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 5, 2000 Conservationists launched the largest ever airlift of wild birds. More than 18,000 penguins were moved to safety as an oil slick threatened their South African breeding ground during mating season. A third of the entire species of black-footed penguins...
by Susan | Jul 4, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 4, 2007 The first of several Peace Caravans (Caravanes de Paix) set out from South Kivu and traveled across Africa’s Great Lakes region, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi and Rwanda. The Scout Associations of the countries in the...
by Susan | Jul 3, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 3, 1844 The last pair of Great Auks was killed. According to the Smithsonian Magazine, “fishermen hunted down the last pair on the shores of Eldey Island, off the coast of Iceland. The men spotted the mates in the distance and attacked, catching and killing...
by Susan | Jul 2, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 2, 1822 Thirty-five slaves were hanged in South Carolina, including Denmark Vesey, after being accused of organizing a slave...
by Susan | Jul 1, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
July 1, 1853 The San Antonio Zeitung, a “Social-Democratic Newspaper for the Germans in West Texas,” began weekly publication as San Antonio’s first German-language newspaper under the editorship of C. D. Adolph Douai, a German-born scholar, teacher,...
by Susan | Jun 30, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
June 30, 1966 The first GIs—known as the Fort Hood Three, U.S. Army Privates James Johnson, Dennis Mora and David Samas—refused to be sent to Vietnam. All were members of the 142nd Signal Battalion, 2nd Armored Division stationed at Fort Hood, Texas. The three were...
