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Events on Thursday 10 January 1946 1
1946First United Nations General Assembly ConvenesFifty-one member states meet in LondonThe United Nations General Assembly held its inaugural session at Central Hall Westminster in London. Delegates from the fifty-one founding member states elected Trygve Lie of Norway as the first Secretary-General and chose New York City as the future permanent headquarters.