2003 United States, Briain, Australia and Poland invade Iraq without United Nations sanction
2003 United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said there is no evidence that Iraq has any weapons of mass destruction
2003 The United Nations reported that there is no link between al Queda and Iraq
1996 Erskine Childers, United Nations official/civil servant, dies at 67
1992 World's 7 wealthiest nations agree on $24B aid for former U.S.S.R.
1991 UNPO, Unrepresented Nations and People Org forms in Hague Neth
1990 Deposed emir of Kuwait address United Nations General Assembly
1989 12 European nations agree to ban chlorofluorocarbon production by 2000
1989 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)
1988 Arafat addresses United Nations in Geneva
1988 Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, dies at 92
1988 Lebanese terrorists kidnap United Nations truce observer Lt Col William Higgins
1986 New York City jury indicts Gennadly Zakharov (Soviet United Nations employee) of spying
1985 20 countries (but not U.S.) sign United Nations treaty outlawing torture
1983 U.S.S.R. vetoes United Nations resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane
1982 Shultz warns U.S. will withdraw from United Nations if they vote to exclude Israel
1982 U.S. vetos United Nations Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Beirut of Israeli and Palestine Liberation Organization forces
1982 President Reagan 1st United Nations Gen Assembly address, "evil empire" speech
1981 Andrew Young, former United Nations Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
1979 Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as United Nations ambassador
1979 Andrew Young resigns as United Nations ambassador
1976 Uganda asks United Nations to condemn Israeli hostage rescue raid on Entebbe
1976 International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying)
1975 PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses United Nations in New York City
1975 Helsinki Pact guaranteeing boundaries, rights signed by 35 nations
1974 [Sithu] U Thant, United Nations Sec-General (1961-72), dies in New York of cancer at 65
1974 South Africa suspended from United Nations General Assembly over racial policies
1974 Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
1973 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices
1972 U.S., U.S.S.R. and 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
1971 Ralph J Bunche, United Nations delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in New York City
1971 China People's Republic seated in United Nations Security Council
1971 General Meeting of United Nations agrees to admit China PR
1970 U.S. casts their 1st United Nations Security Council veto (Support England)
1970 Nationalists disrupt United Nations session on Congo
1968 U.S., Britain, U.S.S.R. and 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
1968 2-tiered gold price negotiated in Washington D.C. by U.S. and 6 European nations
1968 Frederik M baron van Asbeck, lawyer (League of Nations), dies at 78
1967 Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price
1967 Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
1967 Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt end "6-Day War" with United Nations help
1966 Trygve Halvdan Lie, 1st United Nations Secretary-General (1946-53), dies at 72
1965 General Meeting of United Nations refuses admittance of China PR
1965 Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
1964 Last United Nations troops leave Congo
1963 Kuwait is 111th member of the United Nations
1962 U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of United Nations unanimously
1962 110th member of United Nations admitted (Uganda)
1962 Adlai Stevenson speaks at United Nations about Cuba crisis
1961 U.S.S.R. vetoes Kuwaits application for United Nations membership
1961 General Meeting of United Nations debates about New-Guinea
1961 Congolese soldiers murder 13 Italian United Nations pilots
1961 Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations Secretary General, dies in an air crash over Congo at 56
1961 Battles between United Nations and Katanga troops in Congo
1960 General Meeting of United Nations condemns apartheid
1960 Belgium threatens to leave United Nations due to criticism on it's Congo-policy
1960 Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at United Nations General Assembly
1960 Longest speech in United Nations history (4 hrs, 29 mins, by Fidel Castro)
1960 U.N. General Assembly admit 13 African countries and Cyprus (96 nations)
1960 1st United Nations troops reach Congo
1960 Argentina complains to United Nations about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichmann
1959 12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica
1958 9,000 scientists of 43 nations petition United Nations for nuclear test ban
1957 United Nations adopts a resolution calling for Israeli troops to leave Egypt
1956 Hungary appeals for United Nations assistance against Soviet invasion
1956 Jordan attacks United Nations Palestine force
1954 Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian United Nations ambassador, dies at 70
1954 Charles Mahoney becomes 1st U.S. black to serve as a full United Nations delegate
1953 North Korea and United Nations sign armistice
1953 Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden elected 2nd United Nations general-secretary
1953 Alexander Loudon, Dutch diplomat (League of Nations), dies at 60
1951 Eric Drummond, 1st sec-gen League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75
1951 United Nations condemns People's Republic of China as aggressor in Korea
1950 During Korean conflict, United Nations forces land at Inchon in South Korea
1950 13 North Korean divisions open assault on United Nations lines
1950 1st U.S. Negro delegate to United Nations appointed-ES Sampson
1950 Gen Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, United Nations forces in Korea
1950 North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict
1949 United Nations' permanent New York City headquarters is dedicated
1949 Security Council of United Nations recommends membership for Israel
1948 Ralph J. Bunche confirmed as acting United Nations mediator in Palestine
1948 Count Folke Bernadotte, United Nations mediator for Palestine, assassinated
1948 Ground breaking ceremony for United Nations world headquarters
1947 Day after United Nations decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked
1947 Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to United Nations pressure
1947 Demolition begins for United Nations HQ in New York City
1946 U.N. General Assembly votes to establish United Nations HQs in New York City
1946 U.S. government asks United Nations to order dictator Franco out of Spain
1946 League of Nations dissolves, 3 months after United Nations starts
1946 League of Nations assembles for last time
1946 United Nations Security Council holds its 1st meeting
1945 Ratification of United Nations Charter completed
1945 President Harry S. Truman signs United Nations Charter
1945 U.S. Senate ratifies United Nations charter 89-2
1945 Nicaragua becomes 1st nation to formally accept United Nations Charter
1945 U.N. Charter signed by 50 nations in SF
1945 45 countries convene United Nations Conference on International Organization in SF
1945 San Francisco selected for site of United Nations Conference
1943 United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration forms
1942 U.S. and British government announce establishment of United Nations
1942 28 nations, at war with Axis, pledge no separate peace
1939 Soviet Union attacks Finland-League of Nations drops Soviet Union
1939 Terence Stamp, born in England, actor, Collector, Alien Nations
1939 Hungary leaves League of Nations
1938 League of Nations declares Japan the aggressor against China
1937 Italy withdraws from League of Nations
1936 League of Nations starts sanctions against Italy
1936 Haile Selassie asks League of Nations for sanctions against Italy
1935 League of Nations denounces Italian invasion of Abyssinia
1934 U.S.S.R. admitted to League of Nations
1934 U.S.S.R. joins League of Nations (Netherland, Switz and Portugal vote no)
1933 Nazi Germany announces withdrawal from League of Nations
1933 Japan leaves League of Nations
1933 League of Nations tells Japanese to pull out of Manchuria
1932 Iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations
1932 Andrew Young, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, 1977-79, /, Mayor-D-Atlanta
1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact, where 60 nations agree to outlaw war
1927 U.S. government doesn't sign league of Nations disarmament treaty
1926 Jeane J Kirkpatrick, Duncan Oklahoma, U.S. ambassador to United Nations, R
1926 Germany joins League of Nations
1926 League of Nations Assembly voted unanimously to admit Germany
1926 Brazil leaves League of Nations
1926 Spain and Brazil prevent Germany joining League of Nations
1926 German Reichstag decides to apply for League of Nations membership
1925 League of Nations conference on arms control and poison gas usage
1924 League of Nations approves protocols of Geneva
1924 Santo Domingo joins League of Nations
1923 Abyssinia (Ethiopia) leaves League of Nations
1923 Irish Free state joins League of Nations
1923 League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German)
1922 Boutros Boutros Ghali, Egyptian Secretary-General of United Nations, 1992-
1922 Hungary admitted to League of Nations
1922 Togo made a mandate of League of Nations
1921 League of Nations refuses to assist starving Russians
1921 Estonia and Lithuania admitted to League of Nations
1920 British Empire receives League of Nations mandate to Nauru
1920 Japan receives League of Nations mandate over Pacific islands
1920 South Africa receives League of Nations mandate over SW Africa
1920 League of nations establishes International Court of Justice in The Hague
1920 Free City of Danzig forms under League of Nations protection
1920 League of Nations holds 1st meeting, in Geneva
1920 League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva
1920 China joins the League of Nations
1920 League of Nations places International head of Justice in Hague
1920 U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles for 2nd time refusing to ratify League of Nations' covenant (maintaining isolation policy)
1920 Denmark and Cuba join the League of Nations
1920 Netherlands joins League of Nations
1920 League of Nations recognizes perpetual neutrality of Switzerland
1920 Switzerland rejoin League of Nations
1920 Saarland administrated by League of Nations
1920 U.S. Senate votes against membership in League of Nations
1920 Javier Perez de Cuellar, Lima Peru, 5th sec-gen of United Nations, 1982-91
1920 1st assembly of League of Nations in Paris
1920 League of Nations established
1919 U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations
1919 League of Nations set up by Paris Treaty
1919 League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris)
1919 Founding of League of Nations, 1st meeting 1 year later
1918 Kurt Waldheim, Nazi/4th United Nations Sec-Gen, 1972-81, /Austrian President, 1986-92
1915 Lord Huntingfield, British agent to United Nations Secreteriat
1909 [Sithu] U Thant, Burma, 3rd United Nations sec-genl, 1962-72
1908 Arthur J Goldberg, Illinois, United Nations ambassador/Supreme Court justice, 1962-65
1908 Max Abramovitz, U.S. architect, Lincoln Center, United Nations Building
1907 44 nations meet in 2nd Hague Peace Conference
1905 Dag Hammarskjold, Sweden, 2nd United Nations Secretary-General, 1953-61, Nobel 1961
1899 World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference
1896 Trygve Halvdan Lie, born in Norway, 1st United Nations secretary general, 1946-52
1895 Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, 1925-32
1893 Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, President of United Nations General Assembly, 1962-63
1889 Frederik M baron of Asbeck, Dutch lawyer, League of Nations
1887 Benegal Narsing Rau, India, President of United Nations Security Council, 1950
1886 Alfonso Lopez, Colombia, statesman, President United Nations security council-1948
1876 Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations, 1919-33
1870 Jan Christian Smuts, proponnent of Commonwealth and League of Nations
1869 Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor, Rotterdam 1906-22, /Dir, League of Nations
1864 Lord Cecil of Chelwood, UK, help form League of Nations, Nobel 1937
1864 Geneva Convention signed by 12 nations
1723 Adam Smith, Kirkcaldy Scot, economist, Wealth of Nations, baptized
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