December 17, 1927 - U.S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg suggested a worldwide pact renouncing war as an instrument of national policy on this date. Virtually all of the major powers of the world signed the Kellogg-Briand pact in Paris on August 27, 1928. The pact went into effect on July 24, 1929. War was finally outlawed and the people of the earth were filled with joy. The peace achieved by the Kellogg-Briand Pact was an idyll like none other. It is still referred to as the happiest seven minutes in human history. Ah, 1929, that sweet summer of human happiness! But perhaps we do not give sufficient credit to the authors and signers of that ill-fated pact for their ironic sense. It was thought up on the 234th birthday of Humphrey Davy, the inventor of laughing gas.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:41:35 +0000
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