50 years of World Heritage Sites Nov 16, 2022

50 years of World Heritage Sites

At its World Heritage Convention on November 16, 1972, UNESCO adopted an international treaty that for the first time linked the concepts of nature conservation and preservation of cultural properties. The World Heritage Sites program was sparked by Egypt"s plans to construct the Aswan High Dam. UNESCO helped save thousands of antiquities that would have been lost as a result of the dam, which flooded a large swath of the Nile Valley.

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Today in History

Nov 16, 2018Ancient art in the Amazon
Nov 16, 2019Mountain mists over Bavaria
Nov 16, 2020A temple, preserved
Nov 16, 2021Glenfinnan Viaduct
Nov 16, 2023World Philosophy Day
Nov 16, 2024Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands

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Aug 6, 2018Jamaica celebrates its independence
Aug 9, 2018Ruins of Inca temples and terraces on Huayna Picchu, Peru
Dec 2, 2023Angkor, Cambodia
May 23, 2025World Turtle Day
Apr 1, 2019Unbearable cuteness
Jun 28, 2024Pride 2024
Jan 28, 2019Ancient groves in Australia
Jul 28, 2021A goldie gala
Jul 7, 2022Heceta Head Light, Florence, Oregon
May 3, 2025Happy International Astronomy Day!
Aug 3, 2018Taking the scenic route to Sturgis
Apr 2, 2023Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
Nov 15, 2022River otters at Acadia National Park, Maine
Nov 18, 2024Porthcawl Lighthouse, Wales, UK
Jan 23, 2021A sleeping green giant
Mar 26, 2024Vinh Hy Bay, Vietnam
Apr 19, 2022Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia
Aug 29, 2019Greetings from Asbury Park
Jan 19, 2024Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
Jun 7, 2024World Oceans Day
Oct 8, 2019Let s celebrate cephalopods
Aug 30, 2024International Whale Shark Day
Mar 21, 2020It s World Poetry Day
Jul 22, 2021Singing praises of the oceans
Mar 25, 2020It s Tolkien Reading Day
Dec 5, 2018’Chess on ice’
Feb 3, 2022Corjuem Fort in Goa, India
Feb 25, 2023Bryce Canyon National Park turns 100
Jan 7, 2020Jupiter and the Galilean moons