Ban Ki-moon was born on 13 June 1944 in Eumseong County. A South Korean diplomat, Ban served as foreign minister of his country before becoming the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, a post he held from 2007 to 2016. He made climate change a priority of his tenure, helping to bring about the Paris Agreement of 2015, and he oversaw the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals. His time in office was also marked by criticism over the response to the war in Syria and by the UN's role in a cholera outbreak in Haiti. After leaving office he chaired the Global Center on Adaptation and joined The Elders, a group of independent global leaders.
Before and after
- from 6 June 1944 to 1 July 1944Invasion of Normandy
- from 6 June 1944 to 30 June 1944Battle of Cherbourg
- from 6 June 1944 to 6 August 1944Battle for Caen
- from 6 June 1944 to 25 August 1944Operation Overlord
- 13 June 1944Birth of Ban Ki-moon
- from 15 June 1944 to 9 July 1944Battle of Saipan
- from 22 June 1944 to 29 August 1944Operation Bagration
- from 25 June 1944 to 1 July 1944Operation Martlet
- 4 July 1944Founding of World Bank Group
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- 4 June 1917Pulitzer Prize
- 1919Paris Peace Conference
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- 30 September 1938Munich agreement
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The era
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