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United Nations Day

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noun

  1. the anniversary of the United Nations on October 24, marking its founding in 1945.


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The organizer, a Hollywood nightclub owner, chose United Nations Day for the laugh-off, saying he wants to make peace through humor.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2014

But he prides himself on good relations with "the team," boasts that he has never laid off an executive, and even gives his workers a paid holiday on United Nations Day.

From Time Magazine Archive

In an incongruous interlude, U.N. delegates gathered in their auditorium last week to celebrate the 17th United Nations Day.

From Time Magazine Archive

Adlai Stevenson paused patiently time and again while scattered hecklers hoo ed and booed during his United Nations Day speech in Dallas' Memorial Auditorium Theater last week.

From Time Magazine Archive

He hates having to wear a nametag on his sweater at Model United Nations Day at school.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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