| March
1 |
Energy
Day - www.EnergyDay.net
International
Land Mine treaty took effect, 1999
Peace
Corps founded, 1961
Yitzhak
Rabin born in 1922, Palestine
Harry
Belafonte born in New York, 1927
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| March
2 |
Mikhail
Gorbechev born in Russia, 1931 |
| March
3 |
National
Holiday of Bulgaria, Morocco
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| March
4 |
The
first U.S. Congress met in New York City
and declared the new Constitution of the
United States in effect, 1789.
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt outlined his "New
Deal" in his inauguration speech, 1933.
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| March
5 |
Rosa
Luxemburg born in Russian Polan,
1871 |
| March
6 |
National
Holiday of Ghana
First
world Social Summit gathered 117 world leaders
in Copenhagen 1995 |
| March
7 |
Signing
of Ozone Protection Treaty, Montreal 1989 |
| March
8 |
*United
Nations Day for Women's Rights and International
Peace (www.WomensDay.net) |
| March
9 |
Hans
Meier born in Zürich, Switzerland,
1902
First
UN resolution against anti-Semitism, Human
Rights Commission, Geneva 1994
|
| March
10 |
Conscience
objection to war declared a human right
by the United Nations General Assembly,
1987
Lillian
D. Wald born in Ohio, 1867
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| March
11 |
Robert
Muller (University for Peace),
author of '5000 Ideas for a Culture of
Peace,' born 1923, in Belgium
Ralph
Abernathy born in Alabama, 1926
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| March
12 |
National
Holiday of Mauritius
Andrew
Young born in Louisiana, 1932
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| March
13 |
Former
USSR President Gorbachev formed International
Green Cross to protect the environment,
1990 |
| March
14 |
Albert
Einstein was born in Germany,
1879
World
Conference on Water, Mar del Plata, Argentina
1977
|
| March
15 |
Germany
regained independence from occupying powers,
1991 |
| March
16 |
Freedom
of Information Day (in honor of birth
of James Madison, chief author of the
Bill of Rights)
James
Madison
born in Virginia, 1751
Bipartisan
resolution by US Congress for creation
of the United Nations 1943
|
| March
17 |
Cynthia
McKinney
born in Georgia, 1955 |
| March
18 |
Rudolf
Diesel born in France, 1858
Frederik
Willem de Klerk born in South
Africa, 1936
|
| March
19 |
Bangladesh
and India signed a friendship treaty, 1972.
|
| March
20 |
Earth
Day (*Original Earth Day celebrated
on Spring Equinox - www.EarthDayInfo.com)
National
Holiday of Tunisia
|
| March
21 |
*International
Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
& Week of Solidarity - www.EndRacismDay.com
Selma
Civil Rights March led by Dr. Martin Luther
King, 1965
National
Holiday of Namibia
|
| March
22 |
*World
Day for Water (www.WaterDay.us)
John
McConnell born in Iowa, 1915
Equal
Rights Amendment sent to states for ratification,
1972
|
| March
23 |
*World
Meteorological Day
Ludwig
Quidde born in Germany, 1858
National
Holiday of Pakistan
'War
Resisters International' founded, Biltoven,
Netherlands, 1921
|
| March
24 |
Blacks
given the right to vote in Canada, 1837
International
Trade Organization (ITO) founded, 1948
|
| March
25 |
Norman
Borlaug born in Iowa, 1914
Gloria
Steinem born in Ohio, 1934
Slave
trade abolished by England, 1807
John
Lennon and Yoko Ono spent their honeymoon
in a Bed-In for Peace, 1969
National
Holiday of Greece
|
| March
26 |
National
Holiday of Bangladesh
Edward
Bellamy born in Massachusetts,
1850
Biological
Weapons Convention entered into force
1975
Camp
David peace treaty signed by Israeli Prime
Minister Begin and Egyptian President
Sadat ending 30 years of war, 1979
|
| March
27 |
'Good
Friday' Agreement for peace in
Northern
Ireland: David Trimble and John Hume won
Nobel Peace Prize. Negotiations led by
former USA Senator, George Mitchell, 1998
Eisaku
Sato born in Japan, 1901
|
| March
28 |
Aristide
Briand born in France, 1862
World
Climate Summit. 116 nations followed up
Rio 'Agenda 21' promises 1995
|
| March
29 |
New
York passed a law to abolish slavery in
the state, 1799
"Ebony
and Ivory" was released by Paul
McCartney and Stevie Wonder, 1982
Factions
in Guatemala agree to United Nations mediation,
1994
|
| March
30 |
The
signing of the Treaty of Paris ended the
Crimean War, 1856 |
| March
31 |
Cesar
Chavez born in Arizona, 1927
Al
Gore born in Washington DC, 1948
Amnesty
International, NGO for Human Rights, founded
by Peter Benenson, London 1961
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