During the 2008-2009 biennium, UNESCO was associated with the celebration of 67 anniversaries proposed by Member States and approved by the 34th session of the General Conference (November 2007), in accordance with the selection criteria, adopted by the Executive Board (Decision 7.5 of the 159th session, May 2000), for such association.
The following list presents the celebrations for 2008 (2009 also available).
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Afganistan
850th anniversary of the death of Abu-l-Majd Majdud Sana’i of Ghazna, poet and philosopher (circa 1080-1158)
Supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Afghanistan
150th anniversary of active life of Sayyed Jamal-ud-Din Afghani, philosopher (1858)
Supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Argentina
100th anniversary of the birth of Atahualpa Yupanqui, music composer (1908- 1992)
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Armenia
2008: 100th anniversary of the birth of Victor Hambardzumyan, astronomer and astrophysicist (1908-1996)
Supported by the Russian Federation
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Armenia
100th anniversary of the birth of William Saroyan, writer (1908-1981)
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Azerbaijan
100th anniversary of the first opera in the East: “Leyli and Majnun” (1908)
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Azerbaijan
100th anniversary of Musa Aliyev, geologist (1908-1985)
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Azerbaijan
100th anniversary of the birth of Mir Jalal Pashayev, writer (1908-1978)
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Bahrain
100th anniversary of the birth of Ebrahim al-Arrayed, poet (1908-2002)
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Belarus
600th anniversary of the Belovezhskaya Pushcha/Białowieża Forest Reserve
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Belarus
200th anniversary of the birth of Vincent Dunin-Martsinkevich, poet, playwright and actor (1808-1884)
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Benin
100th anniversary of the death of King Toffa I (1874-1908)
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Bulgaria
100th anniversary of the birth of Lubomir Krastanov, scientist (1908-1977)
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Bulgaria
100th anniversary of the birth of Rostislav Kaishev, scientist and linguist (1908- 2002)
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Bulgaria
100th anniversary of the birth of Marin Goleminov, musician (1908-2000)
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Burkina Faso
50th anniversary of the intellectual career of professor Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922- 2006)
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Côte d’Ivoire
50th anniversary of the intellectual career of Georges Niangoran-Bouah, ethnosociologist/anthropologist (1935-2002)
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Croatia
500th anniversary of the birth of Marin Držić, playwright and lyricist (1508-1567)
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Czech Republic
100th anniversary of the death of Josef Hlávka, architect (1831-1908)
Supported by Austria
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Ethiopia
1000th anniversary of the foundation of the Harar Jugol – the Fortified Historic Town – and the celebration of the Ethiopian Millennium
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France
100th anniversary of the death of Henri Becquerel, physicist (1852-1908)
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France
100th anniversary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen, composer (1908-1992)
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France
150th anniversary of the birth of Emile Durkheim, sociologist (1858-1917)
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Germany
150th anniversary of the birth of Max Planck, physicist (1858-1947)
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Islamic Republic of Iran
950th anniversary of the birth of Imam Mohammad Ghazali, philosopher (1058- 1111)
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Israel
150th anniversary of the birth of Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, linguist (1858-1922)
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Italy
400th anniversary of the birth of Evangelista Torricelli, scientist (1608-1647)
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Italy
100th anniversary of the birth of Cesare Pavese, writer (1908-1950)
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Italy
500th anniversary of the birth of Andrea Palladio, architect (1508-1580)
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Kazakhstan
500th anniversary of the epos “Kyz Zhibek” (1508)
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Kuwait
50th anniversary of Al Arabi Magazine (1958)
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Philippines
100th anniversary of the creation of the University of the Philippines (1908)
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Romania
200th anniversary of the birth of the Orthodox Archbishop Andrei Şaguna (1808- 1873)
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Romania
100th anniversary of the birth of Şerban Ţiţeica, physicist and educationalist (1908-1986)
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Romania
300th anniversary of the death of Nicolae Spătaru Milescu, diplomat, philologist, philosopher, geographer, ethnographer, theologian and writer (1636-1708)
Supported by the Republic of Moldova
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Russian Federation and Ukraine
100th anniversary of the birth of Lev D. Landau, physicist (1908-1968)
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Slovakia
100th anniversary of the birth of Eugen Suchoň, music composer (1908-1993)
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Slovenia
500th anniversary of the birth of Primož Trubar, ecclesiastic and writer (1508- 1586)
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Tajikistan
1150th anniversary of the birth of Abu Abdullah Rudaki, poet (858-941)
Supported by Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Kazakhstan
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Thailand
200th anniversary of His Royal Highness Krom Luang Wongsa Dhiraj Snid, scholar and poet (1808-1871)
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Turkey
1000th anniversary of the birth of Kasgarli Mahmud, linguist (1008-1101)
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Ukraine
100th anniversary of the birth of Maria Primachenko, painter (1908-1997)
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
400th anniversary of the birth of John Milton, poet (1608-1674)
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Uzbekistan
2200th anniversary of the foundation of the city of Tashkent
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