The Almanac

December 10

One thing science and human progress accomplished on this date.

  1. 1948

    The world agrees on universal human rights

    At the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. For the first time the nations of the world set down a shared list of the freedoms and protections owed to every person, wherever they live.

    Source: Wikipedia

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