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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Started conversation Jun 26, 2010
The 24th and 25th of June mark the founding of four international organisations...
What are they?
When were they founded?
No Wiki or Google as usual....
Klaxons for listers!!!
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Feisor - -0- Generix I made it back - sortof ... Posted Jun 27, 2010
Not an international organisation, but just as important ...
Bugs Bunny's birthday - his first cartoon was released 25th June 1949.
More useless information from the depths 
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bobstafford Posted Jun 27, 2010
I think I know 1 but I dont think you would dig that deep 
so I will hang on.
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Geggs Posted Jun 27, 2010
On a tenuous link to the title, and risking a klaxon - Gamblers Anonymous?
Geggs
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jun 27, 2010
Not Bugs Bunny Feisor! Since when was he an organisation??
not gamblers anonymous either geggs!
Never mind. No klaxons tripped yet either!!
Keep looking, they will come!!
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jun 27, 2010
A little assistance for you......
Although the foundations for one of the organisations were laid on 24th June, the organisation first met on 24th October.
Prior to this, it had a different name!!!
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Geggs Posted Jun 27, 2010
Okay, let's go for the biggie then - the United Nations.
Geggs
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jun 27, 2010
Correct geggs, it was the United Nations that was formulated on the 25th of July. +3 to you, What year though???
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Geggs Posted Jun 27, 2010
And if that's the one that had a different name previously, then that would have been the League of Nations.
Geggs
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jun 27, 2010
UN, correct +3
League of Nations, correct +3, geggs
Not 1948 though!!
Try again!
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jun 27, 2010
Wrong way!!!
(So my source and Wiki say!!)
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hygienicdispenser Posted Jun 27, 2010
Weren't talks about setting up the UN going on before WW2 ended? If so, it could be 45 or 46.
I'll go for 1945.
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hygienicdispenser Posted Jun 27, 2010
As for other international bodies - how about the ICC (International Cricket Council I mean, in case there are any other ICCs)
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jun 27, 2010
Correct hd!
It was 1945, just as WWII was ending!!!
+3 to you!
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Jun 28, 2010
Something to do with the European Union?
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jun 28, 2010
And Argon0 trips!!!!
Not EU, sorry!!!
-5 
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Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) Posted Jun 29, 2010
I'm going to come back at you on this GT, as I remember something about 24th June 1951 being the start of the journey to the European Union (something like France, Germany, Luxembourg having a trading pact - this evolved into the EU) - I'd Google it but...
(I read it somewhere about 1.5 weeks ago, while doing my Smoot/ISO research, and just deep diving the links....)
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- 1: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Jun 26, 2010)
- 2: Feisor - -0- Generix I made it back - sortof ... (Jun 27, 2010)
- 3: bobstafford (Jun 27, 2010)
- 4: Geggs (Jun 27, 2010)
- 5: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Jun 27, 2010)
- 6: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Jun 27, 2010)
- 7: Geggs (Jun 27, 2010)
- 8: pedro (Jun 27, 2010)
- 9: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Jun 27, 2010)
- 10: Geggs (Jun 27, 2010)
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- 12: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Jun 27, 2010)
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- 14: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Jun 27, 2010)
- 15: hygienicdispenser (Jun 27, 2010)
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- 17: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Jun 27, 2010)
- 18: Argon0 (50 and feeling it - back for a bit) (Jun 28, 2010)
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