🎉 United Nations Day (1945)
Where: UN Headquarters, New York
Nearby on the globe: Chrysler Building → 🌍 Open the 3D globe
📅 On This Day: October 24
October 24, 1945: United Nations Day. On this day in 1945, the United Nations officially began, a promise between countries to work together for peace. Today more than 190 countries are members. Their flags fly side by side outside the headquarters in New York.
✨ More events on this day
- 1851 🚀 English astronomer William Lassell discovered Ariel and Umbriel, two moons of Uranus, using a large telescope he built himself.
- 1946 🚀 A camera carried high on a rocket launched from New Mexico took the first photograph of Earth from outer space, a grainy black-and-white picture of clouds and land.
- 2018 🏛️ The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge opened to traffic. At about 55 kilometres of bridges, islands and an undersea tunnel, it is the world's longest sea crossing.
🧠 Question of the day
In which city is the UN Headquarters?
- London
- New York
- Tokyo
Show the answer
Answer: New York
🐾 World day: International Gibbon Day & Freshwater Dolphin Day
Gibbons swing through trees with their long arms and sing every morning. This is also the day to protect dolphins that live in rivers.
Questions
What happened on October 24?
October 24, 1945: United Nations Day. It happened in UN Headquarters, New York.
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