Peace and Justice History – December 19
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Today in Peace and Justice History
December 19, 1940 |
| Civilian Public Service (CPS) camps were established for conscientious objectors following the institution of the first peacetime draft (a year before the attack on Pearl Harbor). It was the first time members of peace-oriented religious groups (e.g., Quakers, Mennonites, Church of the Brethren) could legally avoid military conscription. |
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Though they worked nine-hour days every day but Sundays, they had to pay their own room and board, and were not released from the camps until 1947. |
Civilian Public Service 
December 19, 1962 |
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Juan Bosch Gaviño was elected President of the Dominican Republic in its first free elections in 38 years. The election of journalist and writer Bosch followed shortly after the end of 31 years of military dictator Rafael Trujillo who had been assassinated the previous year. Bosch was overthrown by a U.S.-backed coup just seven months later. |
Bosch’s brief political career
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December 19, 2010
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| Police in a provincial city in Tunisia used tear gas late on Saturday to disperse hundreds of youths who smashed shop windows and damaged cars, witnesses told Reuters. The beginning of Arab Spring.
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