International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
2015
On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women we say again:
It is not acceptable.
It is not inevitable.
It can be prevented.
http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/11/ed-message-intl-day-for-elimination-of-violence-against-women
2014 - On the international day for the elimination of violence against women on 25 November, women’s rights organisation Womankind Worldwide is urging donors to pay more than lip service to the work of women’s rights groups across the globe by committing to fund projects for at least 10 years.
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/nov/25/gender-inequality-domestic-violence-womankind-worldwide
1839 - A cyclone with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroyed the port city of Coringa, presently in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh State, India. The storm wave swept inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster
http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/23/stories/2009112353850400.htm
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/coringas-relic-of-the-past/article3379198.ece
http://www.hurricanescience.org/history/storms/pre1900s/1839/
1867 - Alfred Nobel patented dynamite
1867 - US Congress commission started looking into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson
1874 - The United States Greenback Party was established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
1933 - 1st Soviet liquid fuel rocket attains altitude of 80 meters (261 feet)
2009 - Due to powerful storm, rain fall that normally falls in 3 years was received in 4 hours in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It lead to terrible floods known as the 2009 Jeddah Floods, which killed over 150 people and sweep thousands of cars away right in the middle of Hajj pilgrimage period.
Birthdays
1835 - Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/American industrialist/philanthropist
1844 – Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (d. 1929)
1881 - Pope John XXIII (Angelo Roncalli), Bergamo, Italy, 261st pope (1958-63)
1939 - Martin Feldstein, economist (1977 John Bates Clark Medal)
1952 - Imran Khan Niazi, cricketer (Pakistan's great all-rounder) and presently politician
26 November - History and Importance of the Day
24 November - History and Importance of the Day
History and Importance of the Day - Index of the Year
25 November - History of Discoveries and Inventions
2015
On this International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women we say again:
It is not acceptable.
It is not inevitable.
It can be prevented.
http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2015/11/ed-message-intl-day-for-elimination-of-violence-against-women
2014 - On the international day for the elimination of violence against women on 25 November, women’s rights organisation Womankind Worldwide is urging donors to pay more than lip service to the work of women’s rights groups across the globe by committing to fund projects for at least 10 years.
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/nov/25/gender-inequality-domestic-violence-womankind-worldwide
25 November - Important History Events on the Day
1839 - A cyclone with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroyed the port city of Coringa, presently in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh State, India. The storm wave swept inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster
http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/23/stories/2009112353850400.htm
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/coringas-relic-of-the-past/article3379198.ece
http://www.hurricanescience.org/history/storms/pre1900s/1839/
1867 - Alfred Nobel patented dynamite
1867 - US Congress commission started looking into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson
1874 - The United States Greenback Party was established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
1933 - 1st Soviet liquid fuel rocket attains altitude of 80 meters (261 feet)
2009 - Due to powerful storm, rain fall that normally falls in 3 years was received in 4 hours in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It lead to terrible floods known as the 2009 Jeddah Floods, which killed over 150 people and sweep thousands of cars away right in the middle of Hajj pilgrimage period.
Birthdays
1835 - Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/American industrialist/philanthropist
1844 – Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (d. 1929)
1881 - Pope John XXIII (Angelo Roncalli), Bergamo, Italy, 261st pope (1958-63)
1939 - Martin Feldstein, economist (1977 John Bates Clark Medal)
1952 - Imran Khan Niazi, cricketer (Pakistan's great all-rounder) and presently politician
26 November - History and Importance of the Day
24 November - History and Importance of the Day
History and Importance of the Day - Index of the Year
25 November - History of Discoveries and Inventions
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