Columbia University’s School of International Affairs (SIPA) was founded in 1946. But did you know since that year on November 1, this happened:
1947 | UN trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, NZ & UK |
1948 | Mao’s Red army conquerors Mukden, Manchuria |
1954 | India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements |
1954 | US Senate admonishes Joseph McCarthy because of his slander campaigns |
1954 | The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence against France |
1956 | Nobel for physics awarded to Shockley, Brattain & Bardeen |
1960 | Benelux treaty goes into effect |
1960 | John F. Kennedy announces Peace Corps idea while camping |
1962 | Greece enters European Common Market |
1969 | The Beatles’ “Abbey Road” album goes #1 in US & stays #1 for 11 weeks |
1974 | UN affirms independence of Cyprus |
1977 | US President Jimmy Carter raises minimum wages of $2.30 to $3.35 |
1998 | The European Court of Human Rights is instituted |
2012 | Google’s Gmail becomes the world’s most popular email service |
2014 | SIPA MIA/MPA (inaugural) EARLY ACTION Deadline |
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