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1997 Phillipo Seed, social work academic, dies at 67

1997 George Armin Goyder, businessman and social philosopher, dies at 88

1996 Robert Rapoport, social anthropologist, dies at 72

1996 Mary Tuck, social researcher/civil servant, dies at 68

1996 Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86

1996 Masao Maruyama, social scientist, dies at 82

1995 Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer, dies at 79

1995 Marion Pitt, social worker/writer, dies at 56

1995 Leonard Ernest John Chant, social Worker, dies at 57

1994 John the King, CDA-minister of Social Businesses, dies at 68

1994 Israel and PLO initialed accord giving autonomy to Palestinians in West Bank in education, health, taxation, social welfare and tourism

1994 Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austria social philosopher/economist, dies at 84

1994 Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, dies at 84

1993 JH Scheps, Dutch MP (Social Democratic), dies at 93

1993 Jean G H "Sjeng" Tans, Dutch PM (social dem, 1965-69), dies

1992 Nico Booken, director (Jewish Labor Social), dies

1992 "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" opens at H Hayes New York City 14 performances

1992 "High Rollers Social and Pleasure Club" closes at H Hayes New York City 14 performances

1991 Bomb attack on Aad Kosto, Dutch social dem party-asst sec of state

1990 Fire in illegal New York City social club, kills 87

1987 Wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73

1987 Ewan Calague, economist/statistician (Social Security) dies at 90

1983 Arie Querido, psychiatrist (social psychiatry), dies

1983 President Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Security

1983 President Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue

1982 Dutch social dem party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament

1980 Carl PM Romme, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (KVP), dies at 83

1977 Dutch social democratic party wins parliamentary election

1976 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns Dutch Liberal/social dem abortion laws

1976 Willy Burns elected chairman of Social International

1976 2nd Chamber recognizes Dutch Liberals/social democratic abortion law

1972 Paul Goodman, U.S. social critic/writer, dies at 60

1971 Dutch social democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election

1964 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Ceylon due to social unrest

1962 Mike Ness, rocker, Social Distortion

1959 Maria Baers, Flemish social female worker/senator, dies at 76

1958 Dutch social democratic party-ministers/premier Drees dismissed

1956 Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic party-chairman, dies at 76

1956 Robin LO Linschoten, Dutch ass. secretary of Social Affairs, VVD

1956 Ad P Melkert, Dutch minister of Social Affairs, 1994-

1953 Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections

1952 Dutch social democratic party wins elections (29%)

1952 Dutch social democratic party wins 2nd-Parliamentary election

1948 Henricus A Poels, Dutch RC theologist/social foreman, dies at 80

1948 Dreesgovt (KVP/Social Democratics/CHU/Liberal) forms

1946 Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms

1945 Alfred Antony Francis Gell, social anthropologist

1944 Elske Terveld, Dutch undersecretary Social Affairs, PvdA

1944 Gestapo arrests German Social Democrat Julius Leber

1943 Peter Lilley, MP/sect of state for British social security

1939 Social Security Administration approves 1st unemployment check

1939 2nd Dutch De Geer government forms (1st with Social Democrats)

1939 Marion Pitt, social worker/writer

1939 Grace Abbott, social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60

1938 Otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56

1938 Leonard Ernest John Chant, social worker

1938 Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs, CDA

1937 U.S. Social Security system makes its 1st benefit payment

1936 Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdam social alderman, dies at 76

1935 Resident Institution for Social History (IISG) forms in Amsterdam

1935 Social Security Act becomes law

1934 Hilly Axwijk, Suriname social worker

1934 Gwen Swire, British social worker

1934 Wim H. Sinnige, Dutch alderman of finance, social democratic

1932 Albert Thomas, French social minister of Weapon production, dies

1931 William Utting, chief inspector, British Social Services

1931 Cornelis T. "Cor" van de Molen, director Social Businesses of Press

1930 Shirley Williams, co-founder, Social Democratic Party, labour minister

1930 Phillipo Seed, social work academic

1930 Lou A de Graaf, Dutch Assistant Secretary of Social Affairs, VDA

1929 Jaap Boersma, Dutch minister for Social Affairs, ARP

1928 Alphonse MAJ Ariens, Dutch RC pastor/social worker, dies at 68

1928 Mary Tuck, social researcher/civil servant

1926 Brian Abel-Smith, professor of Social Adminstration

1926 Jan de Koning, minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses, CDA

1926 Hans-Jochen Vogel, leader of West Germany's Social Democrats, SPD

1925 Cora Lee Johnson, social activist for rural poor

1925 John F Mellaerts, Flemish social founder (Boerenbond), dies at 79

1924 German election (Social Democrats win/Nazis and Communists lose)

1924 Robert N Rapoport, social anthropologist

1923 Saxony gets Social Democratic and Communist coalition government

1922 Georges Sorel, French social philosopher, dies at 74

1922 Rachel Robinson, social activist/humanitarian/Mrs Jackie Robinson

1922 Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro

1919 Ernst Haeckel, German philosopher (Social Darwinism), dies at 85

1918 Social Democratic Party becomes Communistc Party Holland: CPH

1918 Georgian Social Democratic Republic declares independence from Russia

1917 Wilhelmus C Wijen, [Broeder Pius], social worker, Curacao

1917 Asta E R Elstak, Suriname/Dutch social worker

1916 Benjamin Kidel, English sociologist (Social Evolution), dies at 58

1916 Irene Elizabeth Beatrice Ighodaro, doctor/social reformer

1916 Bernice Levin Neugarten, social scientist/gerontologist

1915 Lord Airedale, British Lord, social democrat

1915 Gopal Krishna Gokhale, India's social reformer/politician, dies

1914 Masao Maruyama, social scientist

1913 Wilbur J. Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System

1910 Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker

1909 Simone Weil, born in Paris, social philosopher/Resistance fighter, WW II

1908 Claude Levi-Strauss, Belgium, social anthropologist, Structure Anthro

1908 George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher

1907 Nathan M. Pusey, born in Iowa, educator, Natl Ass for Social Sciences-1963

1905 Clara "Mother" Hale, U.S. social worker, Hale House

1905 Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch liberal/founder (Social Weekly), dies at 60

1901 Arie Querido, Dutch social psychiatrist

1900 JH Scheps, Dutch 2nd-Member of parliament, social democratic

1900 Social Democrat Party of America (Debs' party) holds 1st convention

1899 Anna Arnold Hedgeman, social activist, New York City cabinet

1899 American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress

1898 Social Democracy of America party holds 1st national convention, Chic

1897 Pricilla L Williams, social activist/humanitarian

1896 Ewan Calague, economist/statistician, Social Security Board

1889 American Academy of Political and Social Science organized, Phila

1889 Pitirim A. Sorokin, Russian/US sociologist, Social mobility

1888 Toyohiko Kagawa, born in Kobe, Japan, Christian social reformer

1885 Sinclair Lewis, novelist/social critic, Main Street, Nobel 1930

1883 Maria Baers, Flemish social female worker/senator

1882 Otto Neurath, Aust/Brit philosopher, Foundation of Social Sciences

1880 Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic chairman, 1st Chamber

1878 Grace Abbott, Grand Island, Nebraska, social worker, US Children Bureau

1876 Edith Abbott, dean, University of Chicago Social Sciences

1874 Social Democratic Workmen's Party of North America formed

1874 Harold L. Ickes, social activist, New Deal politician

1872 Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer, Etiquette

1868 Henricus A. Poels, Dutch RC theologist/social foreman

1866 Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam physician/social activist, dies at 53

1866 Sophonisba Breckenridge, scholar, teacher and social activist

1863 Rene [Raphael] Viviani, French historian/social premier, 1914-15

1860 Jane Addams, U.S., pacifist/social worker/feminist, Nobel 1931

1859 Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdams social alderman, building of houses

1858 Ramabai Dongre' Medhavi, India, social reformer

1858 Emmeline Pankhurst, born in England, found, Women's Social and Political Union

1858 Emile Durkheim, French sociologist, Division du travail social

1855 Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies

1848 Brooks Adams, U.S. philosopher, Theory of Social Revolutions

1846 Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder, Social Weekly newspaper

1845 John F Mellaerts, Flemish social worker, 1st Belgian farm gilde

1845 Thomas John Barnardo, English social worker

1844 Minna Canth, Finland, novelist/playwright, social evils

1841 Sara Louisa Oberholtz, social reformer, anti-smoking advocate

1839 Helene Mercier, Dutch author/social reformer

1828 Josephine Elizabeth Butler, social reformer

1820 Friedrich Engels, Germany, social philosopher; Marx's collaborator

1820 Freidrich Engels, German social philosopher

1820 Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher, Social Statics

1813 Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam, physician/pharmacist/social activist

1800 Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer

1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frankfurt, social philosopher, Faust

1712 Jean Jacques Rousseau, born in France, composer/social contractor, Confession

1707 Rakoczi II and Czar Peter the Great sign social security agreement

1639 Martinus de Porres, Peru saint (patron of social justice), dies at 69

1569 Martinus de Porres, Peru, saint, patron of social justice

838 Babak, Persian social/religious reformer, martyred



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