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Calendar Project: January 2015
Here are the suggestions for January. We are trying to avoid birthdays and focus an important event.
January 2015 – BAH Suggestions
The Four Freedoms Speech by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Freedoms
Richard Feynman, life work,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman Challenger disaster was in January of 1986. In June of 1986, Feinman with others published the report about the disaster. In it Feinman said,
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature can not be fooled.
Please comment below if you prefer one of these or suggest someone or an event for January. Below are some places to look. Anti-Defamation League ADL 2015 01 January Freedom from Religion Foundation FFRF Calendar 01 United Nations Observations UN Proclomations & Observances 2015 01 January
January – reseaerch
| Name & Event | Reason important to Secular Humanism | Calendar Month |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Four Freedoms Speech | The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1941. In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech (technically the 1941 State of the Union address), he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people “everywhere in the world” ought to enjoy: l Freedom of speech l Freedom of worship l Freedom from want l Freedom from fear Roosevelt delivered his speech 11 months before the United States declared war on Japan, December 8, 1941. The State of the Union speech before Congress was largely about the national security of the United States and the threat to other democracies from world war that was being waged across the continents in the eastern hemisphere. In the speech, he made a break with the tradition of United States non-interventionism that had long been held in the United States. He outlined the U.S. role in helping allies already engaged in warfare. | January 6, 1941 |
| Richard Fineman and the Challenger Diaster Report; 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision | “For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled.” Richard Fineman from the Rogers Commission Report on the The 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster The application of the scientific method, engineering and technology to public policy in the area of transportation. The 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision lead to the funding of and modernization of air traffic control. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Grand_Canyon_mid-air_collision | Hard to pick an event. Love the quote. January 28, 1986 Report published on 9 June 1986 |
| | Ellis Island Opened, 1892 | January 1, 1892 |
| Flight | 1st U.S. Balloon Flight (1793) | 9 January 1793 |
| | Backwards Day | January 31 |
June 1 Picnic Location Change
We are moving the picnic from South Park to Donna and Ralph Scott’s place. 2726 Shaia Way.
Head south across the Yellowstone River past Riverside Park towards Blue Creek. If you get to Briarwood or Blue Creek you have gone too far.
From Billings, turn right on Marian Circle and head up the hill.
Humanist Calendar Project
Start sending me your nominees for each month for the humanist calendar. I will put them here for now. I would prefer to go with ones that are lesser know.
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Cady_Stanton
- Bertram Russell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertram_Russell
- John Dewey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey
- Samuel Clemens http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
- Felix Adler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Adler_(Professor)
- Jane Adams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Addams
- Jackie Robinson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_robinson
- Paul Robeson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Robeson
- Upton Sinclair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair
Send them to me here or at danny.choriki@gmail.com. Audrey Hepburn The ‘Third World’ is a term I don’t like very much, because we’re all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering.”[81]
Billings Science Expo needs judges
In 2012, over $20,000 in trips, cash prizes, awards and scholarships were awarded. The High School division winners won an all-expenses trip to compete at the Intel ISEF competition in Pittsburgh, PA May 13 – 18. In addition, other high school competitors won trips to ISWEEEP in Houston, TX and the Genius Olympiad in Oswego, NY. Science Expo is a stepping stone to the rest of the world.
(Image and caption from the Billings Science Expo website.)