UN’s foundations built

The Dumbarton Oaks Conference concluded in Washington, D.C., on this day in 1944. During the weeks-long conference, the United States, China, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom formulated proposals for a world organization that became the basis for the United Nations. 1944. 

The Israel-Hamas War began when Hamas launched an attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip that resulted in more than 1,200 deaths. 2023. 

Four members of the Palestine Liberation Front, a faction within the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro, taking 97 passengers hostage and later killing one. 1985.

Vladimir Putin, president of Russia from 1999 to 2008 and again from 2012, was born in Leningrad, Russia. 1952.

A constitution went into effect in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany that formed the country of East Germany, which existed alongside West Germany until 1990, when the two Germanys reunited. 1949. 

Short-story writer, poet, and critic Edgar Allan Poe died in Baltimore, Maryland. 1849. 

Allied Christian forces defeated the Ottoman Turks during a naval engagement at the Battle of Lepanto. 1571.