| June
1 |
William
Sloan Coffin Jr. born in New
York, 1924
National
Holiday of Samoa
|
| June
2 |
National
Holiday of Italy
Cornell
West born in Oklahoma, 1953
|
| June
3 |
First
World Conference on the Environment,
Stockholm 1972. World's
first conference with direct participation
of NGOs: Istanbul Habitat Conference
1996. |
| June
4 |
*International
Day of Innocent Children Victims
of Aggression (www.PeaceCalendar.net/june4.htm)
Gaylord
Nelson born in Wisconsin,
1916
Dennis
Weaver born in Missouri,
1924
Jim
Wallis born in Detroit,
1948
Angelina
Jolie born in California,
1975
National
Holiday of Tonga
Carbon
Dioxide Reduction Treaty, Rio 1992
|
| June
5 |
*World
Environment Day (www.EnvironmentDay.net)
Bill
Moyers born in Oklahoma,
1934
|
| June
6 |
Marian
Wright Edelman
born in South Carolina, 1939
National
Holiday of Sweden
'Give
Peace a Chance,' song composed by
John Lennon, 'Hymn to the United
Nations,' by Pablo Casals, the 'UN
March' by Dmitri Shosta-kovitch
distributed to all schools in Connecticut
1979
|
| June
7 |
UN
World Disarmament campaign began,
led by Bruce Kent, London, 1982 |
| June
8 |
Hans
Fieler born in Bavaria, 1890
Bill
of Rights proposed by James Madison,
1789
|
| June
9 |
Bertha
von Suttner born in Prague,
1843
|
| June
10 |
John
Edwards born in South Carolina,
1953
National
Holiday of Portugal
|
| June
11 |
Abused
Women & Children Day (*2nd Sunday)
Jeannette
Rankin born in Montana,
1880
Jacques
Cousteau born in France,
1910
|
| June
12 |
National
Holiday of Russian Federation, Philippines
The
Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia
ended, 1935
United
Nations General Assembly approved
Non-Proliferation Treaty 1968
|
| June
13 |
Eleanor
Holmes Norton born in Washington,
DC, 1937
Rhode
Island became the first of British
North American colony to ban the
importation of slaves, 1774
Thurgood
Marshall became first African American
nominated as Supreme Court Justice,
1967
|
| June
14 |
Harriet
Beecher Stowe born in Connecticut,
1811
Douglas
Roche was born in 1929 in
Canada
|
| June
15 |
Magna
Carta, a milestone for human rights
and freedom, signed by King John,
1215
G77
Group of Developing Countries (now
133) founded 1967
|
| June
16 |
Bishop
John Shelby Spong born in
North Carolina, 1931
Stockholm
Declaration on the Environment,
1972
|
| June
17 |
*World
Day to Combat Desertification and
Drought (www.PeaceCalendar.net/june17.htm)
National
Holiday of Iceland, U.K., Northern
Ireland
|
| June
18 |
Paul
McCartney born in England,
1942
National
Holiday of Seychelles
|
| June
19 |
Juneteenth
/ Emancipation Day - commemorating
freeing of slaves in Texas
Aung
San Suu Kyi born in Burma,
1945
Alan
Cranston born in California,
1914
First
International Women's Conference,
Mexico City 1975
|
| June
20 |
*World
Refugee Day - www.RefugeeDay.com |
| June
21 |
World
Peace & Prayer Day - www.worldpeaceday.com
Benazir
Bhutto born in Pakistan,
1953
|
| June
22 |
Interfaith
Day - www.InterfaithDay.com
Capital
punishment abolished in Canada,
1976
|
| June
23 |
*United
Nations Public Service Day - www.PublicServiceDay.com
National
Holiday of Luxembourg
World
Food Conference, Rome 1975
|
| June
24 |
Henry
Ward Beecher born in Connecticut,
1813
Norman
Cousins born in New Jersey,
1915
|
| June
25 |
Lois
Gibbs born in 1952
Dikembe
Mutombo born in Zaire, 1966
National
Holiday of Mozambique, Slovenia
|
| June
26 |
*International
Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafficking
(www.PeaceCalendar.net/june26.htm)
*
International Day in Support of
Victims of Torture
(www.PeaceCalendar.net/june26-torture.htm)
Pearl
S. Buck born in West Virginia,
1892
United
Nations Charter signed in San Francisco
by 50 nations, 1945
National
Holiday of Madagascar
|
| June
27 |
Helen
Keller born in Alabama,
1880
Emma
Goldman born in Russia,
1869
National
Holiday of Djibouti
|
| June
28 |
Convention
on International Trade in Endangered
Species 1973
Muhammad
Yunus born in Bangladesh,
1940
|
| June
29 |
Julia
Lathrop born in Illinois,
1858
US
National Forest Service was organized,
1891
93
nations agreed to halt chemical
destruction of ozone layer, 1990
|
| June
30 |
National
Organization For Women (NOW) founded,
1966 |
