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January 1 World Day of Peace
January 15 Martin Luther King, Jr born (1929)
February 15 Susan B. Anthony born (1820)
March 31 Cesar Chavez born (1927)
April 19 Costa Rica abolished its military forces (1948)
April 22 Earth Day (1970)
June 26 UN Charter signed (1945)
July 16 Atomic Bomb tested in New Mexico (1945)
August 6, 9 Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
August 28 “I have a dream,” MLK in Washington, DC
September 11 President Allende assassinated, Chile (1973),
September 11 Twin Towers bombed, New York (2001)
September 21 International Day of Peace/annual opening of UN session
October 2 Mohandas Gandhi born (1869)
November 11 US branch of Fellowship of Reconciliation formed (1915)
December 4 UN established a University of Peace in Costa Rica (1980)
December 10 UN Human Rights Day established (1948)
December 12 Universal Peace Society founded, Boston (1865)
December 15 US Bill of Rights ratified (1791)
December 27 International Fellowship of Reconciliation founded, England 1914)