Twenty-five arrested at Dept. of Justice in Washington, D.C., and 27 others in San Francisco, during protests demanding freedom for Leonard Peltier. Manifesto against Nazi control of education read in most churches, Norway. 30,000 march in Washington, D.C. against reintroduction of draft registration. Danilo Dolci and 22 others are tried in a Sicily court for the nonviolent direct action of attempting to repair an old road without proper government authorization. 146 immigrant sweatshop workers killed in the Triangle Shirt Waist fire, New York City.
Incident leads to widespread reforms in working conditions.
U.S. Supreme Court upholds a ruling that an Oklahoma law permitting the dismissal of teachers for speaking out on gay rights is unconstitutional. While he was away, the USSR dissolved. State Dept.'s overseas libraries. 20,000 Buddhists in silent march for peace, Hue, South Vietnam.