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On October 6, 1896, during the War of Cubaa column of Spanish soldiers raises the siege of Cascorro, a fort in whose defense the Madrid native Eloy Gonzalo immortalized his name.

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OTHER ANIMALS

  • 1889.- The Moulin Rouge cabaret is inaugurated in Paris at the foot of the Montmartre hill.
  • 1891.- In New York (United States) the ‘Simple Verses’ of the Cuban writer and revolutionary José Martí are published for the first time.
  • 1927.- Screening, at the Warner Theater in New York, of the first sound film, ‘The Jazz Singer’, by Alan Crosland.
  • 1973.- The Yom Kippur War begins, the fourth Arab-Israeli war, lasting 19 days.
  • 1974.- Fittipaldi wins McLaren its first Formula 1 World Drivers’ Championship.
  • 1979.- For the first time a Pope -John Paul II- visits the White House, residence of the US presidents.
  • 1981.- Assassination of the Egyptian president, Anwar El Sadat, during a military parade.
  • 1994.- The Haitian Parliament approves the amnesty law for the military coup leaders.
  • 2000.- Carlos ‘Chacho’ Álvarez resigns from the vice presidency of Argentina, denouncing corruption in the De la Rúa administration and in the Senate.
  • Official premiere of the television series ‘CSI’.
  • 2002.- John Paul II canonizes José María Escrivá de Balaguer, founder of the ‘Opus Dei’.
  • 2005.- Israel’s Supreme Court prohibits the Army from using Palestinian civilians as “human shields.”
  • 2007.- The British Jason Lewis completes the first trip around the world in 13 years without using any motor vehicle.
  • 2010.- The social network Instagram is born, created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger.
  • 2012.- Paolo Gabriele, butler of Pope Benedict XVI, is sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing documents.
  • 2014.- It is confirmed that the assistant at the Carlos III Hospital in Madrid, Teresa Romero, is infected with Ebola, the first case outside of Africa.
  • 2016.- The new EU European Border and Coast Guard Agency begins to operate.
  • 2020.- John McAfee, creator of the famous antivirus, wanted by the US, arrested in Spain
  • Facebook and Twitter censor a message from Donald Trump in which he compared Covid-19 to the flu.
  • 2022.- In Italy, the first official test of the first manned flying taxi that flies over the skies of Rome is carried out.
  • The French Annie Ernaux, Nobel Prize in Literature.
  • 2023.- Iranian activist Narges Mohamadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner.

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BIRTH

  • 1887.- Charles Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect.
  • 1888.- Roland Garros, French aviator.
  • 1908.- Carole Lombard, American actress.
  • 1916.- Pablo Palazuelo, Spanish painter and sculptor.
  • 1930.- Hafed Al Assad, Syrian president.
  • 1944.- Víctor Españrago, Uruguayan footballer and football coach.
  • 1948.- Gerry Adams, Northern Irish politician.
  • 1955.- Paco Ojeda, Spanish bullfighter.
  • 1966.- Adolfo ‘Fito’ Cabrales, Spanish musician.

DEATHS

  • 1862.- Francisco Acuña de Figueroa, Uruguayan poet.
  • 1892.- Alfred Tennyson, English poet.
  • 1919.- Ricardo Palma, Peruvian writer.
  • 1951.- Will Keith Kellogg, American businessman, founder of Kellogg cereals.
  • 1989.- Bette Davis, American actress.
  • 1999.- Amalia Rodrigues, Portuguese fado singer.
  • 2006.- Eduardo Mignogna, Argentine film director.
  • 2012.- Antonio Cisneros, Peruvian poet.
  • 2018.- Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano.
  • Ligia Minaya, Dominican writer.
  • 2019.- Darío Restrepo, Colombian journalist.
  • 2020.- Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American rocker.



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