Daily Quiz for January 9, 2009

International Red Cross. Jean Henri Dunant published A Memory of Solferino in 1862 and his ideas about creation of a volunteer committee to care for war-wounded led to the creation in 1863 of the Permanent International Committee for Relief to Wounded Combatants, later called the International Red Cross. A Swiss businessman, Dunant heard of the plight of thousands of wounded left helpless on the battlefield after French and Sardinian forces defeated the Austrians in the Battle of Solferino in Italy on June 24, 1859. Organizing local volunteers to help, Dunant brought aid to as many of the victims as he could. His book, A Memory of Solferino recounted his experience.