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
Nov 16, 2025A traboule in Lyon, France

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Nov 4, 2020Caribou on the move
May 8, 2023Arches National Park, Utah
Oct 15, 2020A star is borne by seaweed
Mar 15, 2024Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
Sep 29, 2018Vietnam’s new bridge deserves a big hand
Feb 25, 2025Anniversary of Bryce Canyon National Park
Oct 28, 2019A night on the (ghost) town
Jan 27, 2020Thomas Edison s bright idea
May 2, 2021Happy World Laughter Day
Mar 16, 2021Why does this panda cub look so happy?
Feb 27, 2024International Polar Bear Day
Dec 19, 2022Northern cardinal in winterberry bush
Aug 1, 2019Hawaii Volcanoes National Park turns 103
Mar 25, 2025Tolkien Reading Day
Oct 24, 2019Bridge of Hillsborough County
Dec 29, 2021Mountain goats
Oct 8, 2024World Octopus Day
Jan 2, 2022Prague, Czech Republic
Dec 7, 2024National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Dec 3, 2024Amber Fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Aug 30, 2025International Whale Shark Day
Mar 31, 2019Celebrating a Paris landmark
Sep 6, 2024Glenariff Forest Park, Northern Ireland, UK
Jan 25, 2025Porto, Portugal
Jun 13, 2022Okavango Delta, Botswana
Apr 23, 2021A house of grand scale(s)
Apr 4, 2021A yearly sign that spring has sprung
Jun 1, 2019Hiking the High Trestle Trail
Mar 2, 2022Mount Rainier National Park
Apr 11, 2023Mossy Grotto Falls, Oregon