Enlargement of the United Nations members, or were dissolved. The UN officially came into existence on 24 October 1945, after ratification of the United Nations Charter by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States) and a majority of the other signatories. A total of 51 original members (or founding members) joined that year; 50 of them signed the Charter at the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco on 26 June 1945, while Poland, which was not represented at the conference, signed it on 15 October 1945. Below
Spinsters of San Francisco Spinsters of San Francisco Spinsters of San Francisco is a historical, social and philanthropic women's organization aimed at cultivating volunteerism in young women and helping the San Francisco, California community through fundraising. Nonprofit by charter, the group consists of approximately 195 college educated, unmarried women who sponsor and raise funds for a designated local charity. The charity is selected by vote of the membership each year. Spinsters of San Francisco was founded in 1929 as a sister organization to the Bachelors of San Francisco. Spinsters of San Francisco was founded on November 6, 1929 by Miss Patricia Tobin (Mrs. Sheldon