In a February 10but from 2005, 20 years ago, the American Arthur Miller, one of the great dramatists of the twentieth century, author of “Death of a traveler” died for which he won the Pulitzer Award in 1949, when he was 33 years old. One of the most remembered chapters of his life was his vehemently opposition to the “Witch hunt“From Senator Joseph McCarthy against communism, something that reflected in” Salem’s witches. ” Miller was married three times, although her most famous marriage was with actress Marilyn Monroe.
Other ephemeris
1763.- Signature of Treaty of Pariswhich ends the seven -year warand why France and Spain They suffered colonial territorial losses in favor of England.
1805.- He King Carlos IV signs one Royal ID by which the celebration of the Bulls in Spain.
1878.- The Zanjón Paz ends the first phase of the war between Spain and Cuba After ten years of struggle.
1906.- Launch in Great Britain of the “DREADNOUGHT”, The first steamor and the fastest of his time.
1926.- He Hydroavion “Plus Ultra”who had left Border sticks (Huelva, southwest Spain), reaches Buenos Airesin what was the first journey of the Atlantic in this-east sense.
1943.- He Mahatma Gandhi start one hunger strike Against his arrest, which lasted for 21 days.
1947.- Sign Paris of the peace treaties that ended the II World War.
1985.- The leader of the South African Black Movement Nelson Mandelaimprisoned since 1962, renounces the freedom offered by the Government if it abandons the armed struggle.
1994.- Brazil, Portugal and five African nations constitute Brasilia the Portuguese language community.
1996.- The latest generation computer IBM “Deep Blue”Defeat the world champion of Chessthe Russian Gari Kaspárovin the first of the six games of the meeting played in the Philadelphia Convention Center.
2005.- North Korea recognizes, for the first time, which has Nuclear weapons.
2010.- The Uruguayan Justice condemns thirty years from prison to the Uruguayan dictator Juan María Bordaberry by him coup d’etat of 1973 and for nine crimes of forced disappearance and two of homicide especially aggravated.
2017.- Peru offers a strong reward for the capture of the former president Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006), accused of money laundering and influences for allegedly receiving $ 20 million in bribes From the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.
2018.- The Norwegian politician Gerry Adams officially abandons the presidency of the Sinn Féin After more than 34 years in office.
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2023.- The Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagoscritic with the president’s government Daniel Ortegahe is sentenced to 26 years and 4 months in prison, for “betrayal”
Births
1890.- Boris PasternakRussian novelist, who in 1958 was forced to reject the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1894.- Harold McMillansqueeze British minister.
1898.- Berthold Brechtplaywright and German poet.
1930.- Robert WagnerAmerican actor.
1950.- Mark Spitz, American swimmer, Olympic champion.
Deaths
1755.- Charles-Louis de SecondatBaron de Montesquieu, French political writer.
1923.- Wilhelm RoentgenGerman physicist, discoverer of X -rays.
1939.- Pius XIDad.
1959.- Arturo DuperierSpanish scientist.
2014.- Shirley TempleAmerican actress.
2023.- Carlos SauraSpanish filmmaker.
.- Hugh HudsonBritish filmmaker, director of the movie “Chariots of Fire” (fire cars).