United Nations Day
Anniversary of the UN Charter taking effect in 1945. Some countries make it a public holiday; the US is not one of them.
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Also on this day
Full history →Notable · 2015
Lam Wing-kee, the owner of Causeway Bay Books in Hong Kong, known for publishing political books banned in mainland China, was abducted by Chinese authorities.- 2018The world's longest sea crossing, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, opens for public traffic.
- 2016A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.
- 2016Three heavily armed terrorists from the Islamic State – Khorasan Province open fire on and eventually suicide bomb a police training centre in Balochistan, Pakistan, killing at least 59 cadets and injuring more than 165 others.