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December 12, 1948 (Sunday) Batang Kali massacre: British troops killed 24 unarmed villagers during the Malayan Emergency. Italy and the Soviet Union signed a series of trade and reparations agreements in Moscow. Italy conceded all assets in Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria as reparations.
The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly 's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights ( UDHR) is an international document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly that enshrines the rights and freedoms of all human beings.
December 28 – A Muslim Brotherhood member assassinates Egyptian Prime Minister Mahmud Fahmi Nokrashi. December 30 – The musical Kiss Me, Kate opens for the first of 1,077 performances in New York City.
December 10 – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. December 15 – The United States Department of Justice indicts Alger Hiss on two counts of perjury.
Dec 10, 2015 · It was on this day in 1948 that the United Nations General Assembly adopted a declaration spelling out a series of rights and freedoms to which all people should be entitled.
Early life. Born in Sydney, Harris was a student at the National Institute of Dramatic Art. She enrolled in 1961, aged 12, under the name Sandra Gleeson. She went on to perform in the Sydney stage production of Boeing Boeing (1964–1965). Harris appeared in The Greek Tycoon (1978), Rough Cut (1980), and the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only ...
