Today in World Bank History
International Organisations Topics: ASEAN - Commonwealth - European Union - IMF - NATO - OPEC - United Nations - Warsaw Pact
Historical Events
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1944-07-01 - Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing IMF & World Bank
1945-12-27 - International Monetary Fund established-World Bank founded
1945-12-27 - The World Bank was created with the signing of an agreement by 28 nations.
1955-10-01 - Piet Lieftinck becomes director v/h IMF (World bank)
1963-01-01 - G Woods succeeds Eugene Black as president of the World Bank
1967-11-29 - Robert McNamara elected president of World bank
2000-09-26 - Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turned violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
2002-11-14 - Argentina defaults on an $805 million World Bank payment.
Famous Birthdays
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1898-05-01 - Eugene R Black, US, Pres of World Bank (1953-62)
1916-06-09 - Robert S McNamara, US Sec of Defense (1961-68)/head (World Bank)
1923-02-17 - Alden Winship Clausen, Hamilton Ill, banker (Pres of World Bank)
1935-05-23 - Lord Grenfell, head of External affairs European office, world bank
