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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Apr 24, 2021A garden of prickly delights
Oct 24, 2019Bridge of Hillsborough County
Apr 23, 2022World Book Day
Dec 21, 2019Seventeen arches at sunset
Mar 10, 2021Commemorating the life of a famous railroad conductor
Apr 9, 2025Naxos in the Cyclades Islands of Greece
Oct 2, 2025Oxbow Bend on the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Jul 18, 2018Celebrate Mandela Day
Sep 26, 2023Venice Skatepark, Los Angeles, California
Apr 17, 2023International Haiku Poetry Day
Nov 15, 2020What’s blooming in New Zealand?
Oct 17, 2023Spreadsheet Day
Jan 29, 2022Brain coral
Oct 5, 2018Is that a smile?
May 2, 2024Craters of the Moon centennial
May 31, 2024Gunnerside, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England
Mar 17, 2022St. Patrick s Day
Mar 21, 2024International Day of Forests
Nov 13, 2019Big-wave hunters watch Nazaré
Jan 10, 2020League of Nations, 100 years later
Jun 22, 2025World Rainforest Day
Sep 7, 2025Gdańsk on the banks of the Motława, Poland
Oct 17, 2024Frost-covered dunes on Mars
Aug 9, 2023International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
Sep 6, 2023Rethymno, Crete, Greece
Jun 28, 2021A medieval celebration in the Mediterranean
Jun 10, 2022Poppies in bloom
Jan 4, 2021Sparkling ice diamonds on a black sandy beach