Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought. Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder. Strike against preparedness that means death and misery to millions of human beings. Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.
Helen Keller (1880-1968)
Strike Against War
Speech at Carnegie Hall, January 5, 1916
This Week in History:
June 22 - July 5th
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What the BBC ignored:
June 28 - 1914: Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo initiating World War I
June 28 - 1919: The Treaty of Versailles is signed formally ending World War I
June 28 - 1992: The Eighth Chess World Champion Mikhail Tal dies aged aged 55
June 29 - 1974: Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina
June 29 - 1976: The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom
June 29 - 2007: Apple Inc. releases its first iPhone
June 30 - 1937: The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London
July 1 - 1972: The first Gay pride march in England takes place
July 1 - 1979: Sony introduces the Walkman
July 1 - 1991: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague
July 1 - 2007: Smoking in England is banned in all public indoor spaces.
July 2 - 1962: The first Wal-Mart store opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas
July 2 - 1966: The French military explodes their first nuclear test bomb in the Pacific
July 2 - 2016: The suicide bombing of Karrada in Baghdad kills at least 341
July 3 - 1988: United States Navy warship USS Vincennes shoots down Iran Air Flight 655 over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people on board
July 4 - 1976: The U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial
July 5 - 2007: The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin
Would you have swapped any of the events above for any of the events chosen by the BBC. How outrageous is it to make space for Branston's Challenger Atlantic crossing and ignore the downing of Flight 655?
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