π World Health Day
Where: WHO headquarters, Geneva
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π On This Day: April 7
April 7: World Health Day. Today is World Health Day. It marks the founding of the World Health Organization (WHO) on this day in 1948. From its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, it helps countries work together on things like vaccines and clean water.
β¨ More events on this day
- 1795 π¬ France adopted the kilogram and the gram as official units for weighing things, and today almost every country in the world uses them.
- 1983 π Astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson floated outside Space Shuttle Challenger, making the first spacewalk of the whole Space Shuttle program.
- 2001 π NASA launched the Mars Odyssey orbiter, which found signs of ice under the Martian ground and became one of the longest-working spacecraft at Mars.
π§ Question of the day
Where is the WHO's headquarters?
- Cairo
- Geneva
- Tokyo
Show the answer
Answer: Geneva
π Landmarks that opened on April 7
Questions
What happened on April 7?
April 7: World Health Day. It happened in WHO headquarters, Geneva.
Which landmarks opened on April 7?
HSBC Main Building (opened 1986), Tianjin Eye (opened 2008).
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