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1812 Nov 29 |
After a charity concert organized by a group of aristocratic women, Joseph von Sonnleitner, Secretary of the court Theater, founded a Society for the Friends of Music of the Austrian Imperial State. This led to the establishment of a school for voice and a conservatory. Links: Austria, Charity 
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1910 Aug 26 |
Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (d.1997), later known as Mother Teresa and care-taker of the poor in Calcutta, was born to an ethnic Albanian family in Uskub (later Skopje, Macedonia). In 1950 she founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta and in 1979 was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for her work. Links: Albania, India, Macedonia, Charity
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1963 Apr 11 |
John XXIII put forth his encyclical "On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty." Links: Vatican, Charity
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1997 Jul |
Camilla Carr and Jon James, British charity workers for a Quaker relief organization, were taken hostage in Chechnya. The were released Sep 20, 1998. Links: Chechnya, Charity
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1998 Jul 27 |
In Hodeida, Yemen, 3 nuns were killed by Abdullah al-Nashri (25), an unstable, mental patient treated by the Missionaries of Charity. Links: Murder, Yemen, Mad Man, Charity
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1998 Sep 26 1998 Sep 30 |
In Ethiopia the Lions Club charity sponsored a free surgical program at the Adama hospital in Nazareth town. Over 700 cataract patients were treated. Some had been blind for 20 years. Links: Ethiopia, Medical, Charity
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1998 Oct 22 |
In Croatia a 2nd clerk revealed that Pres. Franco Tudjman’s wife, Ankica Tudjman, had deposited nearly $300,000 into her bank account over the last 2 years. Robert Horvat and Ankica Lepej were to be indicted for violating bank secrecy laws. Mrs. Tudjman was a pensioner who ran a children’s charity. Links: Croatia, Govm’t Scandal, Charity
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2000 Feb 9 |
It was reported that video footage was smuggled out to Kenya from the Ituri district of Congo by the Christoffel Blinden Mission, a Christian charity for the blind. It depicted the escalating tribal slaughter in the area. Links: CongoDRC, Charity
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2000 Aug 25 |
Daniel Wiant (35), former executive of the American Cancer Society, pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $8 million form the charity. Links: USA, Charity
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2000 Nov 15 |
The Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation donated $5 billion for a charitable foundation to underwrite scientific research, environmental protection and higher education projects. Links: Environment, Donation, Education, Charity
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2001 May 5 |
In Guatemala Barbara Ann Ford (62), a member of the Sisters of Charity of New York, was shot and killed in an apparent robbery. Links: Guatemala, Charity
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2001 Jul 18 |
Mimi Farina, folksinger and founder of the Bread and Roses charity, died at age 56. She was the sister of Joan Baez. She and Richard Farina (d.1966), her 1st husband, wrote the song "Pack Up Your Sorrows." Links: Pop&Rock, Charity
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2002 Apr 30 |
Benevolence International Foundation, an Islamic charity based in suburban Chicago, and its director were charged with perjury and accused by the FBI of supporting ter-rorists; the charity maintains its innocence. Enaam Arnaout later pleaded guilty to racketeering, admitting he had defrauded donors by diverting some of the money to Islamic military groups in Bosnia and Chechnya. Links: Bosnia, USA, Chechnya, Chicago, FBI, Charity
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2002 Jul 30 |
Rome decided to have the coins collected from the Trevi fountain every day and not just on Mondays. The next day Roberto Cercelletta (50), a self-described unemployed Roman resident, self-inflicted razor cuts on his stomach in a protest and asked if the money collected has really gone to the Catholic charity Caritas in past years. Links: Italy, Money, Charity
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2002 Aug 29 |
In Zimbabwe a bomb attack gutted the office of a radio station critical of President Robert Mugabe's government, and authorities raided a human rights group and a camp for displaced farm workers run by a private charity. Links: Zimbabwe, Charity
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2003 Dec 21 |
In Honduras crowds at a Christmas toy giveaway at National Stadium surged out of control, and a 7-year-old girl was killed and about 80 other people were injured. Television station, Compania Televisora, has run the charity giveaway for eight years, and many businesses contributed toys to the event. Links: Honduras, Charity
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2004 Mar 1 |
The California Supreme Court ruled a Roman Catholic charity had to offer birth-control coverage to its employees. Links: California, Vatican, Charity
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2004 Apr 25 |
Pope John Paul II added six more people to the ranks of Catholics on the path to possible sainthood. Honored were: August Czartoryski (1858-1893) of Poland, a prince who became a Salesian priest; Laura Montoya (1874-1949) of Colombia, who founded the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Mary; Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala (1878-1963) of Mexico, co-founder of the Congregation of the Servants of Saint Margaret Mary and the Poor; Nemesia Valle (1847-1916) of Italy, a nun of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Giovanna Antida Thouret; Eusebia Palomino Yenes (1899-1935) of Spain; a nun of the Institute of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians; and da Costa (1904-1955), who became a lay Salesian cooperator. Links: Italy, Spain, Colombia, Poland, Vatican, Mexico, Charity
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2005 Mar 18 |
A Cambodian-Japanese joint venture, JC Royal, was awarded a 30-year management lease to oversee and upgrade the Choeung Ek memorial, site of the killing fields (1975-1979). Profits were marked for the unregistered Sun Fund charity. Links: Japan, Cambodia, Charity
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2005 Jul 25 |
A wildlife charity warned that large carnivorous mice on the British-ruled island of Gough in the south Atlantic are eating seabird chicks alive in mass feeding frenzies, threatening several species' survival. Links: Environment, Animal, Charity
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