1945

Contemporary era · 1945

United Nations founded

Fifty nations sign the UN Charter in June 1945 to prevent another world war.

Signing of the UN Charter — Signing of the UN Charter · Miguel Covarrubias, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

When: 1945
Where: San Francisco
Era: Contemporary

Topics

United States1585 – today

Before and after

Soviet–Japanese War1945 Upper Silesian offensive1945 Show on timeline

Sources: United Nations Conference on International Organization, مؤتمر سان فرانسيسكو

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