MARCH
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| March 1 | International Land Mine treaty took effect, 1999 Peace Corps founded, 1961 Yitzhak Rabin born in 1922, Palestine Harry Belafonte born in New York, 1927 |
| March 2 | Mikhail Gorbechev born in Russia, 1931 Tony Bonilla born in Texas, 1936 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| March 8 | *United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace |
| March 9 | Hans Meier born in Zürich, Switzerland, 1902 First UN resolution against anti-Semitism, Human Rights Commission, Geneva 1994 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| March 12 | National Holiday of Mauritius Andrew Young born in Louisiana, 1932 |
| March 13 | Dana Delany born in New York, 1956 Former USSR President Gorbachev formed International Green Cross to protect the environment, 1990 |
| March 14 | Albert Einstein was born in Germany, 1879 World Conference on Water, Mar del Plata, Argentina 1977 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| March 18 | Rudolf Diesel born in France, 1858 Frederik Willem de Klerk born in South Africa, 1936 Ben Cohen born in New York, 1951 |
| March 19 | Edith Nourse Rogers born in Maine, 1881 Bangladesh and India signed a friendship treaty, 1972. |
| March 20 | Earth
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(*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 |
| March 21 | *International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination & Week of Solidarity Selma Civil Rights March led by Dr. Martin Luther King, 1965 National Holiday of Namibia |
| March 22 | 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 | 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 | 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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