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March 29 Flag of the Central African Republic, originally designed by Barthélemy Boganda for the United States of Latin Africa On March 29 the Central African Republic remembers the amazing life and mysterious death of Barthélemy Boganda. Though France had abolished slavery in the 19th century, the conditions under which Boganda’s family lived at the time of his birth in 1910 in French Oubangui-Chari were not much better. His mother was beaten to death by officials …Read more 
March 21 March 21, the birth of spring, is also the birth of Mexico’s greatest leader, Benito Juarez.
On this day in 1806 Benito was born to poor Amerindian peasants in the mountains of Oaxaca. His parents died when he was three and Benito spent his youth working the corn fields and shepherding local flocks. At age 12 he left the mountain village for the city of Oaxaca to live with a sister and work …Read more 
March 5 “A man’s usefulness to the revolutionary cause is like a screw in a machine. It is only by the many, many interconnected and fixed screws that the machine can move freely, increasing its enormous work power.”— from the ‘diary’ of Lei Feng Since 1963, March 5th has been known as “Emulate Lei Feng Day” in China. Under Communist Chairman Mao Zedong, schools would study Lei Feng’s diary, create Lei Feng teams to serve their communities, and …Read more 
February 23 Today Russia celebrates Defenders of the Fatherland Day. On February 23 (Julian Calendar) 1917, Russian women in Petrograd celebrated the 7th International Women’s Day. In response to food shortages caused by the war with Germany, the women of Russia’s capital city “poured onto the streets,” demanding “bread for our children” and “the return of our husbands from the trenches.” (www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1920/womens-day.htm) The protests gained momentum the following days when workers’ strikes forced the closure of hundreds …Read more 
Observed: Third Monday in February Actual Birthday: February 22
Was George Washington elected unanimously? The tallies of the first presidential election in 1789, submitted by electors of 10 of the 13 United States of America, were as follows: George Washington: 69 votes John Adams: 34 votes John Jay: 9 votes Robert Harrison: 6 votes John Rutledge: 6 votes John Hancock:4 votes< George Clinton: 3 votes Samuel Huntington: 2 votes John Milton: 2 votes James Armstrong: …Read more 
3rd Monday in February Manitoba flag Lunatic or a Patriot? The Voice of God or an Enemy of the People? Nope, not George Bush, we’re talking about another controversial figure, whose life is celebrated today in Manitoba. Louis Riel was a leader of the Metis people of Manitoba and Saskatchewan and of French-Canadian Catholics. Riel studied to become a priest and then a lawyer, but did not complete either training. Still, his education and his powerful speaking …Read more 
3rd Monday in January Across from the Lorraine Motel, now the National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee The above quote was from his Mountaintop speech, given one day before his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee. Today we remember, not his tragic death, but his remarkable life. In the early 1980′s, Martin Luther King Day was a holiday in several states, but there was debate about whether King ‘deserved’ a federal holiday. After all only one other American had been …Read more 
January 13
Over three hundred years ago the tenth and last (human) Guru of the Sikhs led his army in an historic battle against the Mughal Emperor. But today’s holiday, Maghi Mela, actually honors the 40 followers who deserted the Guru before the fight. At the Battle of Anandpur, Guru Gobind Singh’s men were besieged by the Mughal army. The Mughal Empire covered over 3 million square kilometers and had a population of over 120 million people. Forty …Read more |
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