Tag Archives: peace history

January 21

1661
The Quaker (Friends) Peace Testimony was presented to King Charles II of England.
The testimony begins: “We utterly deny all outward wars and strife and fightings with outward weapons, for any end or under any pretence whatsoever. And this is our testimony to the whole world…”

1938
Emma Tenayuca leads San Antonio pecan shellers on the largest labor walk-out held to date.

1961
Spanish, Portuguese & South American activists hijack Portuguese liner “Santa Maria” to protest the Franco & Salazar dictatorships.

1976
The Continental Walk for Disarmament & Social Justice began in Ukiah, California, headed for Washington, D.C.
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January 20

1920

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was founded to protect the rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, the Constitution and it’s amendments. It protects, among other things our First Amendment rights-freedom of speech, association and assembly, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion supported by the strict separation of church and state.

January 19

1960
59 arrested in civil rights sit in, Chattanooga, TN

1966
The Georgia State House of Representatives refused to seat black state representative Julian Bond because of his endorsement of a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee statement accusing the United States of violating international law in Vietnam.
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January 18

1962
U.S. began spraying foliage in Vietnam to expose Viet Cong guerrillas. The U.S. dropped millions of gallons of herbicides such as Agent Orange, sparking charges the United States was violating international rules against using chemical weapons during war.
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January 17

1863
Mangas Colorado, Apache chief, agrees to peace talks, is then arrested & imprisoned at Fort McLane (Arizona), then shot by two soldiers in his cell.

1893
In Hawaii, Queen Lilluokalani‘s regime is overthrown by U.S. pineapple tycoon Sanford Dole & pro-annexation sugar interests.
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January 16
Happy Martin Luther King Day!

Since 1986, the first Monday of January has been designated a federal holiday honoring civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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January 15

1929
Birth of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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January 14

1601
Church authorities burn Hebrew books in Rome.

1784
The United States Congress ratified a peace treaty known as the Treaty of Paris with England ending the Revolutionary War.
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January 13

1874
The depression of 1873-1877 left 3 million people unemployed. In the winter of 1873, 900 people starved to death, and 3,000 deserted their infants on doorsteps. A public meeting was called in New York City’s Tompkins Square Park, for January 13, 1874, to lobby for public works projects.
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January 12

1957
SCLC founded by Martin Luther King and other Black clergymen

1962
Federal workers were guaranteed the the right to join unions and bargain collectively after President Kennedy signed Executive Order 10988.
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