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April 16, 1948
On April 16, 1948, the Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed. Régis Wargnier, John Pritchard, Jeff Baxter would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · April 16, 1948
The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It is a forum whose member countries describe themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practices, and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members. The majority of OECD members are generally regarded as developed countries, with high-income economies, and a very high Human Development Index.
Around 1948
The year in brief
1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1948th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 948th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1940s decade.
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On April 16, 1948
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1948 The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed. Intergovernmental economic organisation
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It is a forum whose member countries describe themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practices, and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members. The majority of OECD members are generally regarded as developed countries, with high-income economies, and a very high Human Development Index.
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Other moments from 1948
- April 1 Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
- April 1 Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
- April 13 In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
- April 21 United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
- April 22 Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces.
- April 28 Igor Stravinsky conducts the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.
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