2015 Event UNESCO has added new sites to its World Heritage list, including the regions of Champagne and Burgundy in France, both Susa and the cultural setting of Maymand in Iran, and the Singapore Botanical Gardens, among others 2013 Event UNESCO officially names Mount Fuji a World Heritage Site 1984 Event U.S. leaves UNESCO 1983 Event U.S. announced withdrawal from UNESCO 1983 Event U.S. say they will leave UNESCO on Dec 31, 1984 1975 Death Julian S Huxley, English scholar/director-General (UNESCO), dies at 87 1954 Event U.S.S.R. joins UNESCO 1952 Event Spain joins UNESCO 1941 Birthday Emanuel Nunes, born in Lisbon, Portugal, composer, winner of the UNESCO Composition Prize, 1999, won Premio Pessoa, 2000 1938 Birthday Frits Wols, Eugene W Wong Loi Sing, Suriname, Secretary-General, UNESCO 1934 Birthday Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Barcelona Spain, UNESCO director, 1987- 1921 Birthday Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general, UNESCO
