During the 2006-2007 biennium, UNESCO was associated with the celebration of 63 anniversaries proposed by Member States and approved by the 33rd session of the General Conference (October 2005), in accordance with the selection criteria, adopted by the Executive Board (Decision 7.5 of the 159th session, May 2000), for such association.
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The following list presents the celebrations for 2006 (2007 also available).
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Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia
600th anniversary of the death of Abdurrahman Ibn Khaldun, historian (1332-1406)
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Austria
250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer (1756-1791)
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Austria
150th anniversary of the birth of Sigmund Freud, psychologist and psychoanalyst (1856-1939)
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Austria
100th anniversary of the award of the Nobel Prize to Bertha von Suttner
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Azerbaijan
100th anniversary of the birth of Latif Kerimov, carpet-maker artist (1906-1991)
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Belgium
500th anniversary of the birth of Lambert Lombard, painter (1506-1566)
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Benin
100th anniversary of the death of King Gbehanzin of Abomey (1844-1906)
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Bulgaria
100th anniversary of the death of Marin Drinov, historian (1838-1906)
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Croatia
150th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla, scientist (1856-1943)
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Croatia
150th anniversary of the birth of Dragutin Gorjanovic Kramberger, geologist and paleoanthropologist (1856-1936)
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Croatia
100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Prelog, chemist (1906-1998)
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Cuba
100th anniversary of the birth of Alejandro García Caturla, composer (1906-1940)
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Czech Republic
300th anniversary of the death of Jiří Josef Kamel, botanist (1661-1706)
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Czech Republic
150th anniversary of the establishment of the Secondary School of Glassmaking in Kamenický Šenov (1856)
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Czech Republic
100th anniversary of the birth of Jaroslav Ježek, composer (1906-1942)
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Ecuador
100th anniversary of the birth of Jorge Icaza, writer (1906-1978)
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France
100th anniversary of the death of Paul Cézanne, painter (1839-1906)
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France
50th anniversary of the death of Irčne Joliot-Curie, physicist (1897-1956)
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Georgia
900th anniversary of the construction of the Gelati Monastery architectural complex and cultural centre
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Germany
150th anniversary of the death of Heinrich Heine, writer (1779-1856)
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Germany
100th anniversary of the birth of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, theologian (1906-1945)
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Germany
50th anniversary of the death of Bertolt Brecht, writer (1898-1956)
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Hungary
100th anniversary of the beginning of Bartók’s and Kodály’s systematic field research to collect traditional folk music
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Italy
100th anniversary of the birth of Luchino Visconti, cinematographer (1906-1976)
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Jordan
500th anniversary of the death of Aisha al-Baounieh, poet (1455-1507)
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Kazakhstan
100th anniversary of the birth of Akzhan Zhaksybekuly Mashani, scientist (1906-1997)
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Kazakhstan
100th anniversary of the birth of Akhmet Zhubanov, composer (1906-1968)
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Kyrgyzstan
100th anniversary of the birth of Abdylas Maldybaev, composer and opera singer (1906-1978)
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Latvia
800th anniversary of the foundation of the city of Cesis
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Mali
50th anniversary of the First International Congress of Negro Writers and Artists (Paris, 19-22 September 1956)
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Mexico
200th anniversary of the birth of Benito Juárez (1806-1872)
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Mongolia
150th anniversary of the death of Danzanravjaa Dulduitiin, philosopher (1803-1856)
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Nigeria
100th anniversary of university evening classes in West Africa (1906)
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Oman
1,300th anniversary of the birth of al-Khalil Bin Ahmad al-Farahidi, philologist
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Poland
100th anniversary of the birth of Jerzy Giedroyć, writer (1906-2000)
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Romania
100th anniversary of the first flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft propelled by an on-board engine, produced and earlier used by the Wright Brothers in their 1903 flight, performed by Traian Vuia, inventor (1906)
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Romania
100th anniversary of the birth of Grigore Moisil, mathematician and philosopher (1906-1973)
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Russian Federation
200th anniversary of the foundation of the Moscow Kremlin State Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve
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Russian Federation
150th anniversary of the State Tretyakov Gallery
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Senegal
100th anniversary of the birth of Léopold Sédar Senghor, politician and writer (1906-2001)
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Slovakia
100th anniversary of the birth of Ludovit Rajter, composer (1906-2000)
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Thailand
100th anniversary of the birth of the Venerable Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (1906-1993)
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Ukraine
150th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Franko, writer (1856-1916)
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Ukraine
100th anniversary of the birth of Ivan Bahriany, writer (1906-1963)
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United Republic of Tanzania
50th anniversary of the establishment of St. Joseph’s Kaengesa Seminary (1956)
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Uzbekistan
2,750th anniversary of the foundation of the city of Samarqand (Samarkand)
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