He February 2 1974, 50 years ago, in the central Chinese province of Shaanxi, some farmers found part of a warrior made of red fired clay, an event that led to the discovery of the Xi’an terracotta army, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. and considered the eighth wonder of the world, it is one of the most dazzling archaeological finds of the 20th century.
OTHER ANIMALS
1536.- Pedro de Mendoza founded on the coast of Silver he Port of Santa María del Buen Airefirst location of the Argentine city of Buenos Aires.
1653.- The municipal statute of New Amsterdamlater called NY.
1825.- The British Government signs with that of Buenos Aires a treaty by which United Provinces of the Río de la Plata They pledge to cooperate to abolish the slave trade.
1841.- The Savior It is constituted as a unitary and independent Republic.
1848.- Signature of Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgowhich ends the war between USA and Mexico. The latter yields to the United States California, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico.
1887.- In Pennsylvaniathe first is officially celebrated Groundhog Day.
1913.- It opens in NY the Grand Central Terminalthe largest railway station in the world at the time.
1914.- Charles Chaplin makes his film debut with the comedy “Making a Living”.
1922.- The novel is publishedUlises” by the Irish writer James Joyce.
1932.- World premiere in The Angels of “The Shanghai Express“, directed by Joseph von Stenberg and starring Marlene Dietrich.
1933.- The civil war ends Nicaragua with a peace treaty signed by Augusto Cesar Sandinohead of the revolutionary forces, and the Nicaraguan president Sacasa.
1935.- The American, Leonard Keeleruse for the first time polygraph also know as “The lie detector”.
1943.- Ends the battle of Stalingrad with the victory of the Soviet Union versus Axis Forces (led by Nazi Germany). It was one of the bloodiest wars in history. World War II.
1959.- Indira Gandhiis elected president of the Congress Party of the India.
1963.- In Bible (Ecuador) more than 100 children die when a school building collapses.
1974.- In Shaanxia peasant discovers part of a warrior red fired clayat the beginning of the most important discovery of the century for China.
1979.- The bassist of Sex Pistols Sid Vicious dies of a heroin overdose in NY.
1981.- Ecuador and Peru agree to a ceasefire in their border conflict, at a meeting of the OAS.
1982.- The Syrian president’s troops Hafez al-Assad enter in hama to quell an uprising Muslim Brothersin a massacre that ended on the 28th and left 20,000 dead.
1984.- The top leader of the Colombian guerrilla group M-19, Jaime Bateman Cayónappears dead in the vicinity of the Panamanian municipality of Saint Blaiseafter being missing for nine months following a plane crash.
1986.- Oscar Arias He is elected president for the first time. Costa Rica.
1990.- Legalized on African National Congressbanned since 1960, in South Africa.
1993.- The former president of the now defunct Czechoslovakiathe dramatist Vaclav Havelsworn in as the first head of state of the new Czech Republicformed on January 1.
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2002.- They get married in Amsterdam (Netherlands) the crown prince William Alexander of Orange and the Argentine commoner Maxima Zorreguieta.
2007.- The Chilean justice sentences a former police officer to 16 years in prison, accused of executing six young people days after the military coup of the September 11, 1973.
2020.- dies in Philippines a man for coronavirusfirst death outside China.
.- They find in Mexico eleven corpses with signs of torture in a clandestine grave in Michoacanattributed to drug traffickers.
2022.- They die in Argentina 23 people to consume adulterated cocaine.
2023.- USA detects a hot air balloon spy China over its territory.
BIRTH
1861.- Solomon R. GuggenheimAmerican philanthropist and businessman.
1882.- James JoyceIrish writer.
1926.- Valéry Giscard d’Estaingformer president of France.
1947.- Farrah Fawcett-MajorsAmerican actress.
1977.- ShakiraColombian singer.
1987.- Gerard PiquéBarcelona footballer.
DEATHS
1594.- Giovanni Pierluigi“Palestrina”, Italian composer.
1969.- Boris KarloffBritish actor.
nineteen ninety six.- Gene KellyAmerican actor and dancer.
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2013.- Lino OviedoParaguayan politician.
2014.- Philip Seymour HoffmanAmerican actor.
2022.- Monica VittiItalian actress.
