The Latin Union was an international organisation created by the Madrid Convention to promote and protect the shared heritage of the Romance-language peoples and to encourage cooperation among them. Its members included France, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Romania, together with a number of countries in Latin America and Africa. It had its seat in Paris and worked on the development of the Romance languages, terminology, translation and cultural exchange, and in the use of these languages in international organisations. After years of financial difficulties, as members failed to pay their contributions, the organisation was dissolved.
Before and after
- 7 April 1954Birth of Jackie Chan
- 1 May 1954Origins of Unification Church
- 6 May 1954Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile
- 8 May 1954Founding of Asian Football Confederation
- 15 May 1954Founding of Latin Union
- 7 June 1954Death of Alan Turing
- 15 June 1954Founding of Union of European Football Associations
- 27 June 1954The first nuclear power plant supplies a grid
- 30 June 1954Birth of Serzh Sargsyan
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- 7 April 1948Founding of World Health Organization
- 1950Origins of Formula One
- 1959HIV/AIDS
- 9 September 1999Founding of African Union
- from 15 November 2019 to 5 May 2023COVID-19 pandemic
The era
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