Today in history

April 16
1818
US Senate ratifies Rush-Bagot amendment, disarming the US-Canadian border.
1967
Greek government bans Marathon Peace March, held yearly since 196t.
1971
Members of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) threw medals they had earned in Vietnam on the U.S. Capitol steps in protest of the Vietnam War.



1971
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) estimated over 2,000 people openly refused to pay part or all of their income tax in protest over the war in Vietnam.


National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee

2000
Some 20,000 global justice activists blockaded meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC.

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