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UNICEF is the successor of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund,and was created on 11 December 1946, in New York, by the U.N. Relief Rehabilitation Administration to provide immediate relief to children and mothers affected by World War II.
The Year of the Child logo was used in conjunction with observances worldwide. UNICEF International Year of the Child 1979 German Silver Medal, obverse Two parents and a child: the statue Family in the garden of the Palace of Nations (United Nations Office at Geneva) is a commemoration of the International Year of the Child.
Special editions were created for the occasions of the 100th anniversary of the Almanac, the death of G. B. Dealey, the coinciding 110th anniversary of the Almanac and 125th anniversary of Belo Corporation, the Texas Sesquicentennial celebrating 150 years of independence from Mexico, and the sesquicentennial of the Almanac, which was the first ...
Incorporated in 1996, the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission (FTHC) is a 501c(3) tax exempt nonprofit organization, further designated as a 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A0(vi) Public Charity, whose purpose is to develop private philanthropic resources to assist the Texas Historical Commission with its mission to identify, preserve, and ...
Teaching Texas history in schools is an imperative we must continue no matter how the winds of education flutter.
After continued petitioning from the National Women’s History Project (now the National Women’s History Alliance), Congress expanded the holiday and designated March as Women's History Month ...
Logo for the campaign Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF is a fund-raising program for children sponsored by the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.Started on Halloween 1950 [1] as a local event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, the program historically involves the distribution of small orange boxes by schools to trick-or-treaters, in which they can solicit small change ...
55 years after Stonewall, LGBTQ+ rights have come a long way in Texas. But the community still faces barriers in bathrooms, sports, other spaces. June is Pride Month: A timeline of LGBTQ+ history ...