Sir David Frederick Attenborough###2012-09-11###Sir David Attenborough receives the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Phillips Memorial Medal for outstanding service in international conservation###david-attenborough,conservation
John James Audubon###1851-01-27###John Audubon's Death - John Audubon was notable for his extensive studies documenting all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major work, a color-plate book entitled The Birds of America (1827–1839), is considered one of the finest ornithological works ever completed. Audubon is also known for having identified 25 new species.###john-james-audubon,birds
John James Audubon###1827###John James Audubon's work "The Birds of America" was first published. This monumental work consists of 435 hand-colored, life-size prints of 497 bird species, made from engraved copper plates of various sizes depending on the size of the image.###john-james-audubon,birds
Black Elk###1890-12-29###The Wounded Knee Massacre - Black Elk participated in the fighting at The Wounded Knee Massacre, also called the Battle of Wounded Knee. A domestic massacre of several hundred Lakota Indians, almost half of whom were women and children, by soldiers of the United States Army.###black-elk,warrior,massacre,lakota
Albert Camus###1957-12-10###The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Albert Camus "for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times."###albert-camus,nobel-literature-prize
Rachel Louise Carson###1962-09-27###Rachel Carson's best-known book "Silent Spring" was published. The book described the harmful effects of pesticides on the environment, and is widely credited with helping launch the environmental movement. Carson predicted increased consequences in the future, especially as targeted pests develop pesticide resistance, while weakened ecosystems fall prey to unanticipated invasive species. ###rachel-carson,silent-spring,environmentalism,environment,environmental-movement,pesticide,ecosystems,invasive-species
Rachel Louise Carson###1970-12-02###The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) starts operation. Fifteen years after its creation, one journalist described the EPA as "the extended shadow of Silent Spring." Much of the agency's early work, such as enforcing the 1972 Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, was directly related to Carson's work.###rachel-carson,environmental-protection-agency,epa,silent-spring,environmentalism,environment,environmental-movement,pesticide
Rachel Louise Carson###-04-22###Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, it now includes events coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network in more than 193 countries. Rachel Carson is widely credited for helping launch the environmental movement with the publication of her book "Silent Spring".###rachel-carson,earth-day,environmentalism,environment,environmental-movement
Jimmy Carter###2002-10-11###The Nobel Peace Prize 2002 was awarded to Jimmy Carter "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development."###jimmy-carter,nobel-peace-prize,peace,democracy,human-rights,economic-development,social-development
Winston Churchill###1953-10-16###Sir Winston Churchill wins the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values”###winston-churchill,nobel-literature-prize,human-values
Crazy Horse###1877-09-05###Crazy Horse was fatally stabbed - He took up arms against the United States federal government to fight against encroachment by white American settlers on Native American territory and to preserve the traditional way of life of the Lakota people.###crazy-horse,lakota,battle-of-the-little-big-horn
Marie Curie###1911###Marie Curie wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element."###marie-curie,nobel-chemistry-prize
Marie Curie###1903###Marie Curie wins the Nobel Prize of Physics "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel."###marie-curie,nobel-physics-prize
Albert Einstein###1922-11-09###Albert Einstein was awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect."###albert-einstein,nobel-physics-prize
Ralph Waldo Emerson###1836-09-09###Emerson's influence was far reaching then, and continues to be now. Not only a writer, lecturer, and abolitionist, he helped advocate for women's and Native American rights. His profound thoughts continue to touch lives all throughout the world. Nature, published on this day 1836, waw Emerson's first book and perhaps the best expression of his Transcendentalism, the belief that everything in our world—even a drop of dew—is a microcosm of the universe.###ralph-waldo-emerson,nature,abolitionist,womens-rights,native-american-rights,transcendentalism
William Faulkner###1949-12-###William Faulkner wins the Nobel Prize of Literature (awarded in 1950) “for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel”###william-faulkner,nobel-literature-prize
Anne Frank###1944-08-01###Anne Frank's final entry in her diary. Among the most famoust diaries, accoring the British Library: "The diary provides a vivid and poignant glimpse into the world of a young Jewish girl living in Nazi occupied Holland. Anne wrote the diary while hiding from the Nazis in an Amsterdam warehouse."###anne-frank,diary,jewish-girl,nazi,nazi-occupied
Benjamin Franklin###1776-08-02###Benjamin Franklin was a Founding Father and a polymath, inventor, scientist, printer, politician, freemason and diplomat. Franklin helped to draft the Declaration of Independence which was signed on this day 1776.###benjamin-franklin,founding-father,declaration-of-independence,polymath,inventor,scientist,printer,politician,freemason,diplomat
Mahatma Gandhi###1869-10-02###Mahatma Gandhi was born - Mahatma Gandhi was the leader of India's non-violent independence movement against British rule and in South Africa who advocated for the civil rights of Indians. Born in Porbandar, India, Gandhi studied law and organized boycotts against British institutions in peaceful forms of civil disobedience.###mahatma-gandhi,non-violence,civil-rights,india,peaceful-disobedience
Mahatma Gandhi###1948-01-30###Mahatma Gandhi is Assassinated - Mahatma Gandhi was the leader of India's non-violent independence movement against British rule and in South Africa who advocated for the civil rights of Indians. Born in Porbandar, India, Gandhi studied law and organized boycotts against British institutions in peaceful forms of civil disobedience.###mahatma-gandhi,non-violence,civil-rights,india,peaceful-disobedience
Al Gore###2007-10-12###The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 was awarded jointly to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change."###a-gore,nobel-peace-prize,climate-change
Thich Nhat Hanh###1967-01-25###In an open letter, Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. nominates Thich Nhat Hanh for the 1967 Nobel Peace Prize. In his nomination Dr. King said, "I do not personally know of anyone more worthy of [this prize] than this gentle monk from Vietnam. His ideas for peace, if applied, would build a monument to ecumenism, to world brotherhood, to humanity".###thich-nhat-hanh,peace,non-violence,mindfulness,nobel-peace-prize
Herman Hesse###1946###Herman Hesse wins the Nobel Prize of Literature “for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style”###herman-hesse,nobel-literature-prize,humanitarian
Martin Luther King Jr.###1929-01-15###Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday###martin-luther-king,civil-rights,peace-movement,civil-rights-activist,civil-rights-leader,civil-rights-worker
Martin Luther King Jr.###1955-12-01###Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, Martin Luther King leads the Montgomery Bus Boycott which laster 385 days###martin-luther-king,rosa-parks,civil-rights,peace-movement,civil-rights-activist,civil-rights-leader,civil-rights-worker,racial-justice
Martin Luther King Jr.###1963-08-28###Martin Luther King delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech before the Lincoln Memorial  in Washington, DC###martin-luther-king,civil-rights,peace-movement,civil-rights-activist,civil-rights-leader,civil-rights-worker,racial-justice
Martin Luther King Jr.###1965-03-25###Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after a 5-day, 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama, where local African Americans, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) had been campaigning for voting rights.###martin-luther-king,civil-rights,peace-movement,civil-rights-activist,civil-rights-leader,civil-rights-worker,racial-justice
Martin Luther King, Jr.###1964-12-10###Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his dynamic leadership of the Civil Rights movement and steadfast commitment to achieving racial justice through nonviolent action.###martin-luther-king,nobel-peace-prize,civil-rights,racial-justice,nonviolent-action
Martin Luther King Jr.###1968-04-04###Martin Luther King Jr. fatally shot by James Earl Ray.###martin-luther-king,civil-rights,peace-movement,civil-rights-activist,civil-rights-leader,civil-rights-worker,assassination,racial-justice
Martin Luther King Jr.###1986-01-20###Martin Luther King Day obseved for the first time.###martin-luther-king,civil-rights,peace-movement,civil-rights-activist,civil-rights-leader,civil-rights-worker,racial-justice
Dalai Lama###1989-12-10###The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize emphasizing his Buddhist peace philosophy on reverence for all living things and the idea of a universal responsibility that embraces both man and nature.###dalai-lama,14th-dalai-lama,tenzin-gyatso,nobel-peace-prize,buddhism,peace
Abraham Lincoln###2021-02-15###President's Day honors and celebrates the life and achievements of George Washington, the first President of the United States (1789-1797) and 'The Father of his Country'. On this day we also honor and remember all past US presidents, and in particular Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson.###abraham-lincoln,presidents-day
Mother Teresa###1979-10-27###Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in recognition of Mother Teresa’s work in bringing help to suffering humanity. That year the world had turned its attention to the plight of children and refugees, precisely the categories for whom Mother Teresa had for many years worked so selflessly.###mother-teresa,nobel-peace-prize,suffering,refugees,children-refugees
Barack Obama###2009-10-09###The Nobel Peace Prize 2009 was awarded to Barack H. Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."###barack-obama,nobel-peace-prize
Bertrand Russell###1950-12-11###The Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Bertrand Russel "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought”###bertrand-russell,nobel-literature-prize,humanitarian
Albert Schweitzer###1953-12-10###Schweitzer was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize of 1952 (awarded 1953) for his philosophy of "Reverence of Life", accepting the prize with the speech, "The Problem of Peace". From 1952 until his death he worked against nuclear tests and nuclear weapons with Albert Einstein, Otto Hahn and Bertrand Russell.###albert-schweitzer,nobel-peace-prize,peace,nuclear-tests,nuclear-weapons,non-proliferation
Henry David Thoreau###1845-07-04###Thoreau embarked on a two-year experiment in simple living on Walden Pond###henry-david-thoreau,simplicity,mindfulness,abolitionism,tax-resistance,development,criticism,civil-disobedience,conscientious-objection,direct-action,environmentalism,anarchism,simple-living
Henry David Thoreau###1847-09-06###Thoreau leaves Walden Pond###henry-david-thoreau,simplicity,mindfulness,abolitionism,tax-resistance,development,criticism,civil-disobedience,conscientious-objection,direct-action,environmentalism,anarchism,simple-living
Henry David Thoreau###1854-08-09###Book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, is published.###henry-david-thoreau,simplicity,mindfulness,direct-action,environmentalism,simple-living
Elie Wiesel###1986-10-14###Elie Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Jewish author, philosopher and humanist Elie Wiesel made it his life's work to bear witness to the genocide committed by the Nazis during World War II. He was the world's leading spokesman on the Holocaust.###elie-wiesel,nobel-peace-prize,humanist,genocide,nazi-genocide,holocaust
William B Yeats###1923-12-10###The Nobel Prize in Literature 1923 was awarded to William Butler Yeats "for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation."###william-b-yeats,nobel-literature-prize,poetry