Nov. 25. 1917: Peace demonstrations in Berlin, Halle, Leipzig, Mannheim, and other parts of Germany. 1946: Supreme Court awards $1.3 million for illegally taken Oregon lands to the Siletz, Alsea, Yaquina, and Neschesne tribes. 1985: Lt. Col. Oliver North fired by Reagan White House for being too obvious. 1992: 87 national leaders agree to accelerate their schedules for phasing out ozone-depleting CFC (chlorofluorocarbon) chemicals by 1996. The U.S. opposes the agreement. 1997: During a traditional town "reenactment" of the Thanksgiving myth, Plymouth, Mass. police attack Native American demonstrators, beating and pepper-spraying several, arresting 25.

Nov. 26. 1868: Ignoring orders to kill only warriors, a U.S. Army contingent led by Gen. Custer massacres 103 sleeping Cheyenne--including Black Kettle, survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre--in the so-called "Battle of the Washita," Oklahoma Territory. 1883: U.S. Supreme Court declares 1875 Civil Rights Act unconstitutional. 1883: Death of Sojourner Truth, feminist, abolitionist and former slave. 1968: U.N. passes Resolution Against Capital Punishment. Guess who ignored it? 1991: Custer Battlefield Nat'l Monument in Montana is renamed Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. The parking lot is still mostly occupied by Winnebagos and Jeep Cherokees.

Nov. 27. 1969: Seven hundred U.S. Army medics stationed in Pleiku stage a fast protesting the Vietnam War. 1988: Activists paint anti-military graffiti on war planes due for delivery to Turkey. Woensdrecht, The Netherlands.

Nov. 28. 1864: A U.S. army regiment under Col. Chivington massacres sleeping Cheyenne and Arapaho. Most of the 500 victims, primarily women and children, were tortured and scalped. Sand Creek, Colorado. 1891: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) founded. 1970: The Black Panther-sponsored Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention assembles. Washington, D.C. 1982: First meeting of Cat Lovers Against the Bomb, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Nov. 29. 1962: California court convicts three Navajos of the crime of consuming peyote during a religious ceremony. 1980: Floodgates on the Tellico Dam on Little Tennessee River begin flooding 16,000 acres of Cherokee religious land. 1990: U.N. Security Council votes 12-2 in favor of war in Persian Gulf.

Nov. 30. 1930: Death of radical labor organizer Mother Jones. 1936: Birth of anti-war protester and Yippie Abbie Hoffman. 1980: Death of Dorothy Day, co-founder of Catholic Worker movement, New York City.

Dec. 1. 1891: International Peace Bureau launched. Berne, Switzerland. 1955: Arrest of Rosa Parks sets off successful year-long bus boycott by blacks. Montgomery, Alabama. 1956: Prisoners for Peace Day first observed. 1966: Comedian Dick Gregory convicted for participating in Native American fishing rights protests. Olympia, WA. 1966: Seattle police shoot and kill a black youth suspected of car theft. 1988: World AIDS Day founded by World Health Organization, Geneva. 1997: A silent march of women, protesting conscription, is met by police attack; 37 arrested. Khartoum, Sudan.