What were the first three nations to join the United Nations?When and order?

name "united nations", coined united states president franklin d. roosevelt, first used in "declaration united nations" of january 1,1942, during second world war, when representatives of 26 nations pledged governments continue fighting against axis powers.

united nations officially came existence on 24 october 1945, when charter had been ratified china, france, soviet union, united kingdom, united states , majority of other signatories.

gone old distinction between "organized" , "unorganized" territories - replaced distinction between territories incorporated united states , unincorporated (that is, not inherently part of united states): arizona, new mexico , oklahoma- district of columbia (though d.c. has special status due being mentioned "the district constituting seat of government" in various clauses of constitution)- former in 1904; other territories (including indian territory- as, @ time, alaska , hawaii [both of later become incorporated prior statehood], philippines , puerto rico) unincorporated.

first, between 1943 , 1953, alaska's governor (gruening), delegate congress (bartlett), , cross-section of territory's established business , professional men , women engineered numerous legislative efforts achieve statehood alaska. gruening frustrated fact after 3 decades under american flag, alaska still without adequate roads, airfields, tuberculosis hospitals, , dependable shipping @ reasonable cost. more, aboriginal rights issue had not yet been settled, , homesteaders not yet legally able acquire land federal government. felt tools alaskans amend plight 2 united states senators , representative in house, each vote.

3:2 passage of 1946 referendum in favor of statehood led formation of alaska statehood association--an ad hoc group of concerned citizens--later year. meanwhile, gruening lobbied hard in washington members of influential senate public lands committee, senator hugh butler of nebraska. delegate bartlett introduced statehood bill in april, 1948 corralled in rules committee senator butler. never came debate, many alaskans had testified desire statehood , interest of numerous others aroused possibility of statehood became more plausible. furthermore, alaskan voters decided year reform territory's tax structure loosen hold of special interests.

alaska statehood committee formed in 1949 intensify efforts toward statehood, calling on national , labor organizations, newspaper editors, , state governors support , publicize alaska's situation. gruening himself compiled "committee of one-hundred" prominent americans supported alaska's aspirations, including eleanor roosevelt, actor james cagney, pearl s. buck, john gunther, reinhold niebuhr, , arthur schlesinger, jr. 1949 watershed year statehood movement, received growing attention both in alaska , in nation @ large. bill statehood passed house vote of 186-146 in 1950, killed in senate coalition of conservative republicans , southern democrats, backed tacitly president eisenhower. coalition wanted preserve tenuous republican majority in congress, , opposed alaska's entry union fear congressional voice democratic. korean war, began in june of 1950 , lasted 1952, put concerns alaska statehood on burner. alaska granted statehood in 1959.

yes, considered citizen.

how territory become state.am considered citizen of us. because born in alaska when still territory?

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