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charities - events| 17 February 1863 | Switzerland | The International Red Cross is founded in Geneva, Switzerland. | | 2 July 1865 | UK | William and Catherine Booth launch their Christian Mission in Britain, which they will later name the Salvation Army. | | 1877 | Ottoman Empire | The Red Crescent society is founded in the Ottoman Empire, a humanitarian organization active in Islamic nations, formed on the same principles as the Red Cross. | | 1884 | UK | The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is formed in Britain. | | 10 December 1901 | Sweden | King Charles XV of Sweden awards the first Nobel prizes, funded by the legacy of the Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel. | | 1916 | Austria-Hungary, Germany | The Austrian War Dog Institute and the German Association for Serving Dogs begin training dogs as guides for the blind. | | 1942 | UK | A group of university academics in Oxford, England, concerned at the plight of children in occupied Greece, form the aid agency OXFAM (Oxford Committee for Famine Relief). They are headed by the classicist Gilbert Murray. | | 1949 | world, USA, Czechoslovakia | The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) issues the first charity Christmas card, based on a design by the seven-year-old Czechoslovakian girl Jitka Samkova. | | 9 April 1949 | USA | In the USA, the first telethon is presented by Milton Berle in aid of cancer research. It runs for 14 hours and raises more than $1 million. | | 5 November 1988 | UK | Comic Relief, a charity that raises money for programmes that work to end poverty and promote social justice, launches the first Red Nose Day, with the distribution of almost 4 million noses. |
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| Above all, I sincerely believe that the public institutions and charities of this capital of Massachusetts are as nearly perfect, as the most considerate wisdom, benevolence, and humanity, can make them. He acted as her almoner and secretary as well as her steward--distributed her charities, wrote her letters on business, paid her bills, engaged her servants, stocked her wine-cellar, was authorized to borrow books from her library, and was served with his meals in his own room. He often won at this game, which, as a silent one, harmonised with his nature; but his winnings never went into his purse, being reserved as a fund for his charities. |