Today in history

(Sources: Peace Buttons, War Resisters League, and the Peace Center.)

June 29

1925
The South African parliament passed a bill excluding black, coloured (mixed race) and Indian people from skilled or semi-skilled work.

1963

 

A mass “walk-on” (trespass) was organized at a chemical and biological warfare facility in Porton Down, England.

Chemical and biological warfare agents have been researched and produced there since 1916.

more about Porton Down


Porton Down scientists

1972
In Furman v. Georgia, The Supreme Court rules that the death penalty — as then employed by the states — is unconstitutional.

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