History Today: How the United Nations was formed 80 years ago

The United Nations Charter was signed on June 26, 1945, by nearly 50 nations in California. Signed at the historic Veterans’ War Memorial Building in San Francisco, it established major organs of the UN, including the General Assembly, Security Council and International Court of Justice, among others. On this day in 1948, the Berlin Airlift, considered to be the biggest airlift during the Cold War years, took place in West Berlin

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