The year of 1963 is a turning point in the modern history of the Macedonian capital Skopje. This year, at 5:20 in the morning of the 26th of July, an earthquake that was a 6.1 magnitude hit Skopje. The disaster killed over 1,070 people, injured between 3,000 and 4,000, and left more than 200,000 people homeless. About 80 percent of the city was destroyed.The world came together and helped Skopje to raise from dust to shine again like it once did. Within days after the earthquake took place, 35 nations requested that the United Nations General Assembly place relief for Skopje on their list of agendas. Relief, in the form of money, medical, engineering and building teams and supplies was offered from 78 countries. The clock is fixed at the moment in time of the earthquake.