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November 16, 1945
On November 16, 1945, uNESCO is founded. Bernard Arcand, Eddy Baldewijns, Gopalkrishna Gandhi would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · November 16, 1945
UNESCO is founded.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It has 194 member states and 12 associate members, as well as partners in the non-governmental, intergovernmental and private sector. Headquartered in Paris, France, UNESCO has 53 regional field offices and 199 national commissions.
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The year in brief
1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1945th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 945th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1940s decade.
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On November 16, 1945
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1945 UNESCO is founded. Specialized agency of the United Nations
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It has 194 member states and 12 associate members, as well as partners in the non-governmental, intergovernmental and private sector. Headquartered in Paris, France, UNESCO has 53 regional field offices and 199 national commissions.
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Other moments from 1945
- April 1 World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
- April 11 World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
- April 12 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman succeeds him.
- April 12 World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde—only 80 kilometres from Berlin.
- April 13 World War II: German troops kill more than 1,000 political and military prisoners in Gardelegen, Germany.
- April 13 World War II: Soviet and Bulgarian forces capture Vienna.
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