| March
1 |
Energy
Day
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
Tony
Bonilla born in Texas, 1936
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| March
3 |
National
Holiday of Bulgaria, Morocco |
| 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 Poland, 1871 |
| March
6 |
National
Holiday of Ghana
First
world Social Summit gathered 117 world leaders in Copenhagen 1995 |
| March
7 |
Rachel
Weisz born in England, 1971
Signing
of Ozone Protection Treaty, Montreal 1989
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| March
8 |
*
International
Women's Day |
| March
9 |
Hans
Meier born in Zürich, Switzerland, 1902
First
UN resolution against anti-Semitism, Human Rights Commission,
Geneva 1994
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| March
10 |
Conscience
objection to war declared a human right by the United Nations
General Assembly, 1987
Lillian
D. Wald born in Ohio, 1867
Asghar
Ali Engineer born in India, 1939
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| March
11 |
Benamin
Ferencz born 1920, in Transylvania
Robert
Muller (University for Peace), author of '5000 Ideas for
a Better World,' born 1923, in Belgium
Ralph
David 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 |
Dana
Delany born in New York, 1956
Former
USSR President Gorbachev formed International Green Cross to protect
the environment, 1990
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| March
14 |
Albert
Einstein was born in Germany, 1879
World
Conference on Water, Mar del Plata, Argentina 1977
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| March
15 |
Ruth
Bader Ginsburg was born in New York, 1933
SuAnne
Big Crow was born in South Dakota, 1974
Germany
regained independence from occupying powers, 1991
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| 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 |
Bayard
Rustin born in Pennsylvania,
1912
Cynthia
McKinney born in Georgia,
1955
Dana
Reeve born in New Jersey,
1961
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| March
18 |
Rudolf
Diesel born in France, 1858
Frederik
Willem de Klerk born in South Africa, 1936
Ben
Cohen born in New York, 1951
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| March
19 |
Edith
Nourse Rogers born in Maine, 1881
Bangladesh
and India signed a friendship treaty, 1972.
|
| March
20 |
Earth
Day
(*Original Earth Day celebrated on Spring Equinox)
Alfonso
García Robles born in Mexico, 1911
El
Hassan bin Talal born in Jordan, 1947
National
Holiday of Tunisia
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| March
21 |
*
International
Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
*
World Poetry Day
Selma
Civil Rights March led by Dr. Martin Luther King, 1965
National
Holiday of Namibia
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| March
22 |
*
World
Day for Water
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
Ibrahim
Abouleish born in Egypt, 1937
National
Holiday of Pakistan
'War
Resisters International' founded, Biltoven, Netherlands, 1921
|
| March
24 |
*
World Tuberculosis Day
*
International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross
Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
Wilhelm Reich
born in Galicia, Austria-Hungary, 1897
Dorothy
Height born in Virginia, 1912
David
Suzuki born in Canada, 1936
Blacks
given the right to vote in Canada, 1837
International
Trade Organization (ITO) founded, 1948
|
| March
25 |
*
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and
the Transatlantic Slave Trade
*
International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff
Members
Norman
Borlaug born in Iowa, 1914
John
Fetzer born in Michigan, 1901
Gloria
Steinem born in Ohio, 1934
Sarah
Jessica Parker born in Ohio, 1965
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
Hal
Crowther born in Nova Scotia, 1945
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
Sulak
Sivaraksa born in Thailand, 1933
|
| 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 |
Clifford
W. Beers born in Connecticut, 1876
Klaus
Schwab born in Germany, 1938
The
signing of the Treaty of Paris ended the Crimean War, 1856
|
| March
31 |
Cesar
Chavez born in Arizona, 1927
Marge
Piercy born in Michigan, 1936
Al
Gore born in Washington DC, 1948
Ewan
McGregor born in Scotland, 1971
Amnesty
International, NGO for Human Rights, founded by Peter Benenson,
London 1961
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