| August
1 |
National
KidsDay
National
Holiday of Benin, Switzerland
Former
USA President Jimmy Carter negotiated
ceasefire in Sudan to vaccinate
children under World Health
Organization auspices 1995
|
| August
2 |
James
Baldwin born in New
York, 1924
Niall
O'Brien born in Dublin,
Ireland, 1939
National
Holiday of Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia
|
| August
3 |
First
World Arms Commission established
San Sebastian, Spain, by League
of Nations 1920
Margaret
Kuhn born in New York,
1905
Martin
Sheen born in Ohio, 1940 |
| August
4 |
Raoul
Wallenberg born in Sweden,
1912
Robert
Thurman
born
in New York, 1941
David
Lange
born in New Zealand, 1942
Albert
Einstein urged scientists
to refuse military work, 1931
|
| August
5 |
Forgiveness
Day
(*1st
Sun in August)
Friendship
Day
(*1st Sun in August)
Abbe
Pierre (Henri Groues)
born in Lyon, France, 1912
Wendell
Berry born in Kentucky,
1934
USA,
USSR, UK signed treaty to ban
nuclear tests in the atmosphere,
Moscow 1963
|
| August
6 |
Hiroshima
Day / No Nukes Day
Voting
Rights Act of 1965 signed
National
Holiday of Bolivia, Jamaica
|
| August
7 |
Ralph
Bunche born in Michigan,
1904
Helen
Caldicott born in Australia,
1938
National
Holiday of Côte d'Ivoire
|
| August
8 |
Happiness
Day
USA
President Truman signed ratification
of UN Charter, Washington, D.C.
1945
|
| August
9 |
*
International
Day of the World's Indigenous
People
Nagasaki
Day
National
Holiday of Singapore
Satish
Kumar born in India,
1936
|
| August
10 |
National
Holiday of Ecuador
President
Nelson Mandela of South Africa
established Truth and Reconciliation
Commission, Desmond Tutu chair
1996 |
| August
11 |
Robert
G. Ingersoll born in
New York, 1833
National
Holiday of Chad
International
Peace Academy founded by Maj.
Gen. Jit Rikhye and Brig. Michael
Harbottle 1980
|
| August
12 |
*International
Youth Day
Civil
Rights Day
George
Soros born in Budapest,
Hungary, 1930
American
Friends Service Committee founded
by Quakers, 1917
|
| August
13 |
Lucy
Stone born in Massachusetts,
1818
Felix
Adler born in Germany,
1851
|
| August
14 |
Social
Security Act signed by Franklin
D. Roosevelt, 1935
Atlantic
Charter issued by USA President
Roosevelt and UK Prime Minister
Churchill, stating principles
of world security, 1941
Community
of Peace People founded in Northern
Ireland, 1976
Poul
Hartling born in Denmark,
1914
|
| August
15 |
Oscar
Romero born in El Salvador,
1917
Maxine
Waters born in Missouri,
1938
Melinda
Gates born in Texas,
1964
National
Holiday of Congo, Liechtenstein,
Republic of Korea
|
| August
16 |
George
Meany born in New York,
1894
Menachem
Begin born in Belarus,
1913
E.F.
Schumacher born in Germany,
1911
Harmonic
Convergence meditation took
place around the world, 1987
|
| August
17 |
Sean
Penn born in California,
1960
National
Holiday of Gabon, Indonesia
|
| August
18 |
Margaret
"Maddy" Murie
born in Washington, 1902
Rosalynn
Carter born in Georgia,
1927
Robert
Redford born in California,
1937
19th
Amendment ratified granting
women the right to vote, 1920
Founding
of World Federation of United
Nations Associations (WFUNA)
by Czech Jan Masaryk and British
John Ennals 1950
|
| August
19 |
Bill
Clinton born in Arkansas,
1946
National
Holiday of Afghanistan
Opening
of first World Conference on
Population, Bucharest, Romania
1974
|
| August
20 |
National
Holiday of Hungary
UN
success: Cease-fire in Iran-Iraq
War, 7 a.m. 1988 |
| August
21 |
National
Senior Citizens Day
National
Homeless Animals Day
|
| August
22 |
Be
An Angel Day
(Do
one small act of service for
someone)
First
UN Conference on Crime Prevention,
Geneva 1955
|
| August
23 |
*International
Day for the Remembrance of the
Slave Trade and Its Abolition
Iccho
Itoh born in Japan,
1945
Queen
Noor born in Washington,
DC, 1951
|
| August
24 |
Howard
Zinn born in New York,
1922
National
Holiday of Ukraine
|
| August
25 |
National
Holiday of Uruguay
Zilda
Arns Neumann born in
Brazil, 1943
Elvis
Costello born in England,
1954
UN
Success in Yemen: UAR and Saudi
Arabia signed treaty 1969
|
| August
26 |
Women's
Equality Day
Yogi
Bhajan born in India
(now Pakistan), 1929
Jinzaburo
Takagi born in Japan,
1938
Barbara
Ehrenreich born in Montana,
1941
|
| August
27 |
Charles
Gates Dawes born in Ohio, 1865
Mother
Teresa born in Macedonia,
1910
Joan
Kroc born in Minnesota,
1928
National
Holiday of Republic of Moldova
|
| August
28 |
Leo
Tolstoy born in Russia,
1828
Roger
Tory Peterson born in
New York, 1908
Anna
Politkovskaya born in
New York, 1958
Martin
Luther King Jr.
gave his “I Have a Dream” speech,
1963
Participants
in 'Religious Summit' and 'Millennium
World Peace Summit' of 159 Heads
of State made commitments to
support peace, disarmament,
human rights, protection of
the environment and eliminate
poverty, New York, 2000
|
| August
29 |
John
Locke born in England,
1632
First
World Conference on Desertification,
Nairobi 1977
|
| August
30 |
Roy
Wilkins born in Missouri,
1901
Sylvia
Earle born in New Jersey,
1935
Molly
Ivins born in California,
1944
John
Lennon
and Stevie Wonder gave "One
to One" aid concert, 1972
|
| August
31 |
National
Holiday of Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia,
Trinidad and Tobago
Maria
Montessori born in Italy,
1870
Richard
Gere born in Pennsylvania,
1949
Gary
Webb born in California,
1955
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