| January
1 | One
Day In Peace Lakhdar
Brahimi born in Algeria, 1934 Country
Joe McDonald born in California, 1942 Katrina
vanden Heuvel born in New York, 1960 National
Holiday of Cuba, Haiti, Sudan | | January
2 | Daisaku
Ikeda born in Japan, 1928 Isaac
Asimov born in Russia, 1920 Leaders
of the 3 warring factions in Bosnia met for peace discussions, 1993 |
| January
3 | Lucretia
Mott born in Nantucket, Mass., 1793 Millard
Fuller born in Alabama, 1935 Liya
Kebede born in Ethiopia, 1980 The
UN Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights came into force, 1976
| | January
4 | Selena
Butler born in Georgia, 1872 William
Deane born in Australia, 1931 Michael
Stipe born in Georgia, 1960 National
Holiday of Myanmar UN
Convention on Elimination of Racial Discrimination in force, 1969
| | January
5 | Francesco
Suarez, pioneer of international law, born in Granada, Spain 1548 |
| January
6 | 'No
More War' movement founded in London, 1921 |
| January
7 | Zora
Nale Hurston born in Alabama, 1891 Kenny
Loggins born in Washington, 1948 Meetings
of the Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Canberra, Australia,
1996 | | January
8 | A.
J. Muste born in the Netherlands, 1885 Emily
Greene Balch born in Massachusetts, 1867 Lewis
Lapham born in California, 1835 President
Lyndon Johnson declared a War On Poverty, 1964
| | January
9 | Carrie
Chapman Catt born in Wisconsin, 1859 Simone
de Beauvoir born in France, 1908 Sunderlal
Bahuguna born in India, 1927
Joan
Baez born in Staten Island, N.Y., 1941 Rigoberta
Menchu Tum born in Guatemala, 1959 |
| January
10 | Women's
Suffrage Amendment introduced in Congress, 1878 League
of Nations founded with 50 nations signing covenant to avoid war, 1920 First
session of UN General Assembly with 51 nations represented, Central Hall, London
1946 | | January
11 | UN
Disarmament Commission set up 1952 Alice
Paul born in New Jersey, 1885 Aldo
Leopold born in Iowa, 1887 Betty
Bumpers born in Arkansas, 1925 Jim
Hightower born in Texas, 1943 Mary
J. Blige born in New York, 1971 Amanda
Peet born in New York, 1972 | | January
12 |
Genocide Convention came into force, 1951 |
| January
13 | Ernestine
Rose born in Poland, 1810 Melvin
Jones born in Arizona, 1879 International
Convention on total prohibition of chemical weapons signed in Paris 1993 |
| January
14 | Hannah
Solomon born in Chicago, Illinois, 1858 Albert
Schweitzer born in Alsace-Lorraine, 1875 Julian
Bond born in Tennessee, 1940 Carol
Bellamy born in New Jersey, 1942 Precursor
to UNESCO Committee for International Cooperation, first world cultural organization,
founded, Geneva 1922 | | January
15 | Martin
Luther King Jr. born in Atlanta, 1929 |
| January
16 | Susan
Sontag born in New York, 1933 Jeff
Skoll born in Montreal, Canada, 1965 Religious
Freedom Day - Virginia adopted religious freedom statute drafted by Thomas Jefferson,
ultimately the model for the 1st Amendment, 1786 Civil
Service was created by US Congress, 1883 | | January
17 | Benjamin
Franklin born in Massachusetts, 1706 Robert
Maynard Hutchins born in New York, 1899 Muhammad
Ali born in Kentucky, 1942 Robert
Kennedy, Jr. born in Washington, DC, 1954 | | January
18 | Kenneth
Boulding born in Liverpool, England, 1910 Danny
Kaye born in New York, 1913 John
Hume born in Northern Ireland, 1937 Bernie
Glassman born in New York, 1939 | | January
19 | Edgar
Helms born in New York, 1863 Javier
Pérez de Cuéllar born in Peru, 1920 Dolly
Parton born in Tennessee, 1946 Helen
Mack Chang born in Guatemala, 1952 | | January
20 | James
Farmer born in Texas, 1920 United
Nations University (UNU) inaugurated, Tokyo 1975 |
| January
21 | Martin
Luther King Day of Service * Roger
Nash Baldwin, founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, born in Massachusetts,
1884 Richie
Havens born in New York, 1941 |
| January
22 | U
Thant, third UN Secretary-General, born Pantanaw, Burma 1909 Bruno
Kreisky, born in Austria, 1911 |
| January
23 | United
Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) first meeting, London, 1946 |
| January
24 | Doris
"Granny D" Haddock born in New Hampshire, 1910 Michio
Kaku born in California, 1947 International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) established in Vienna, first act of United Nations
General Assembly 1946 | | January
25 | Peace
Conference at Versailles endorsed project of a League of Nations 1919 Amy
Domini born in New York, 1950 | | January
26 | Australia
Day; Republic Day, India Sean
MacBride born in Paris, 1904 Paul
Newman born in Ohio, 1925 Angela
Davis born in Alabama, 1944 | | January
27 |
Samuel
Gompers born in London, England, 1850 Donna
Reed born in Iowa, 1921 Federico
Mayor born in Barcelona, Spain, 1934 Father
Roy Bourgeois born in Louisiana, 1938 Mairead
Corrigan Maguire born in Northern Ireland,
1944 James
Cromwell born in California, 1945 Asma
Jahangir born in Pakistan, 1952 | | January
28 | Sarah
McLachlan born in Canada, 1968 United
Nations Security Council resolution for cease-fire in Indonesia and request
for independence from the Netherlands, 1948 | | January
29 | Freethinker's
Day
Thomas
Paine born in England, 1737 Edward
Abbey born in Pennsylvania, 1927 Oprah
Winfrey born in Mississippi, 1954 | | January
30 | Season
For Nonviolence (Jan 30-April 4)
World
Court first met at The Hague 1922 Franklin
Delano Roosevelt born in New York, 1882 Saul
Alinsky born in Chicago, IL, 1909 Fred
Korematsu born in California, 1919 Martin
Almada born in Paraguay, 1937 Maria
Julia Hernandez born in Guatemala, 1939 | | January
31 | Thomas
Merton born in France, 1915 Alva
Myrdal born in Sweden, 1902 Stewart
Udall born in Arizona, 1920 Ken
Wilber born in Oklahoma, 1949 Akbar
Ganji born in Iran, 1960 National
Holiday of Nauru |
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