Today (30 August) I'm honoring two special days for pacifists (who generally get very little to celebrate among national holidays, etc.). In 1928, on 27 August, the international community signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, an international treaty that declared war illegal. You may say that its effects are nonexistent, but its passage represents a moment when people actually agreed that violent altercations are nonsensical. Also worthy of note is today's event in 1139 when European leaders at the Second Lateran Council (under the leadership of Pope Innocent II) outlawed the crossbow, intending to end war for all time. My tie's design shows the peace symbol and a single peace dove.
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