Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union, based in Luxembourg, and it supplies the Union with statistics at a European level and allows comparison between countries and regions. It began as a small service of the European Coal and Steel Community, and it grew with the creation of the European Economic Community and the Union's expansion. Eurostat does not collect most data itself, but compiles and harmonises the figures supplied by national statistical institutes. Its data cover areas including population, trade, prices, employment and the economy, and it publishes key indicators such as inflation and unemployment rates for the euro area.
Before and after
- 1953Construction of Volksparkstadion
- 1953Construction of Zurich Airport
- 1953Founding of Bank Indonesia
- 1953Publication of Fahrenheit 451
- 1953Founding of Eurostat
- 1953Founding of Korean Stock Exchange
- from 1953 to 1963Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
- 1953The Miller-Urey experiment makes amino acids from simple gases
- 20 January 1953Birth of Jeffrey Epstein
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- 1945Founding of International Court of Justice
- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations Security Council
- 27 December 1945Founding of World Bank
- 15 June 1954Founding of Union of European Football Associations
- 8 December 1991Founding of Commonwealth of Independent States
- 4 February 2004Founding of Facebook
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 20th century.