| April 25, 1945 Delegates from some 50 countries met in San Francisco for the United Nations Conference on International Organization. Over the next two months they would negotiate the principles and structure of the United Nations. Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt had just died and had been working on his speech to the conference: “The work, my friends, is peace; more than an end of this war—an end to the beginning of all wars . . . As we go forward toward the greatest contribution that any generation of human beings can make in this world—the contribution of lasting peace—I ask you to keep up your faith . . . .” |
April 25, 1969 The Reverend Ralph David Abernathy, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and 100 others were arrested while picketing a Charleston, South Carolina, hospital to support unionization by its workers. Read more about Reverend Ralph David Abernathy |
| April 25, 1974 A peaceful uprising by both the army and civilians, known as the Carnation Revolution (Revolução dos Cravos), ended 48 years of fascism in Portugal. People holding red carnations urged soldiers not to resist the overthrow and many placed the flowers in the muzzles of their rifles. The regime killed four before giving in to the popular resistance.   Lisbon demonstration ’74 Read more about the Carnation Revolution |
| April 25, 1983 Women in Canberra, Australia, laid a wreath to remember women of all countries raped during wartime. |
| April 25, 1987 Tens of thousands marched on Washington, D.C. to demand an end to U.S.-sponsored and -supported wars in Central America. |
| April 25, 1993 Nearly one million marched for homosexual rights and liberation in Washington, D.C.  Health Care Rally at April 25, 1993  The AIDS quilt on display as part of the event. |
April 25, 2004  The March for Women’s Lives drew a record 1.15 million people to Washington, D.C. The marchers wanted to protect legal and safe access to reproductive services including abortion, birth control and emergency contraception. Organized by a coalition that included the National Organization for Women (NOW), Black Women’s Health Imperative, Feminist Majority, National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL), the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, and Planned Parenthood, along with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The March for Women’s Lives was the largest protest in U.S. history. Read more |
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