🎉 World Food Day (1945)
Where: FAO Headquarters, Rome
📅 On This Day: October 16
October 16, 1945: World Food Day. On this day in 1945, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) was founded to help make sure everyone has enough to eat. That is why today is World Food Day. Not wasting food is one small way we can all help.
✨ More events on this day
- 1843 🔬 While walking by a canal in Dublin, mathematician William Rowan Hamilton thought of quaternions, a new kind of number, and carved the formula into a bridge.
- 1923 🎨 Walt Disney and his brother Roy started the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio. Today it is The Walt Disney Company, famous for Mickey Mouse and many beloved films.
- 2002 🏛️ The Bibliotheca Alexandrina opened in Egypt, a modern library honouring the famous ancient Library of Alexandria. Its tilted round roof faces the Mediterranean Sea.
🧠 Question of the day
Which UN organization was founded on World Food Day?
- The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- The International Olympic Committee
- The World Health Organization (WHO)
Show the answer
Answer: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
🎂 Landmarks that opened on October 16
Questions
What happened on October 16?
October 16, 1945: World Food Day. It happened in FAO Headquarters, Rome.
Which landmarks opened on October 16?
Sacré-Cœur Basilica (consecrated 1919), Azadi Tower (inaugurated 1971), Space Center Houston (opened 1992), Bibliotheca Alexandrina (inaugurated 2002).
In the game, the "Today on Earth" panel shows this story on its day, with a question to answer and a place to fly to.