In a December 12but of 1901, Guiglielmo Marconi sends the first message by wireless telegraphy to cross the Atlantic, from Great Britain to Newfoundland (Canada).
OTHER ANIMALS
1492.- Christopher Columbus orders the construction of the fort Nativityin which he leaves a garrison with remains of the ship Saint Marylost when running aground in Hispaniola (Haiti).
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1915.- It is presented in Berlin he first all-metal airplaneinvented by the German aviator and industrialist Hugo Junkers.
1924.- The autogyro The Deer make your trip Four Winds to Getafein Madrid.
1954.- Launching in NewportNews, Virginia (USA), from the aircraft carrier ‘Forrestal‘, the largest ship in the world until then.
1956.- Fidel Castro and some of his men opposed to the regime Fulgencio Batista they go into Sierra Maestra after disembarking in the province of East from the island of Cuba.
1979.- A underwater earthquake in the port of Tumaco (Colombia) with a magnitude between 7.7 and 8.1 on the Richter scale causes nearly 500 deaths and a similar number of injuries.
1981.- The Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuellar is elected secretary general of the UN.
1983.- The Japanese company Bandai publish ‘Dallos‘, the first original animation video (OVA) of the story.
1993.- Approved in a referendum by majority new Russian Constitutionthe first that includes the principle of separation of powers.
1994.- South Africa rejoins the UNESCO after 38 years of absence.
1999.- The Maltese tanker ‘Erika‘ Shipwrecks off the Breton coast and spills more than 10,000 tons of fuel into the sea.
2004.- sony throw in Japan the PlayStation Portable (PSP).
2006.- The former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam is found guilty of genocide.
2010.- First parliamentary elections of Kosovo since its unilateral independence from Serbiain February 2008.
2016.- The Portuguese Antonio Guterres sworn in as secretary general of the UN.
2019.- The former Bolivian president Evo Morales comes to Argentina and asks to be welcomed as a refugee after his resignation from office, under pressure from the opposition and the Army.
.- The conservative Boris Johnson wins the elections in United Kingdom with an absolute majority.
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2020.- The Iranian journalist Ruholá Zamweb director ‘Amadnews‘, is hanged after being sentenced to death for inciting protests against the regime at the end of 2017.
2024.- He president of the United States, Joe Bidencommutes the sentences of 1,500 people, in the largest act of clemency in American history. On December 2 he had also pardoned his son Hunter of cases of illegal possession of a weapon and tax fraud. On the 23rd he also pardoned 37 people sentenced to death at the federal level.
BIRTH
1821.- Gustave FlaubertFrench novelist.
1823.- Carolina CoronadoSpanish poet.
1859.- Sinesio DelgadoSpanish writer.
1863.- Edvard MunchNorwegian painter.
1915.- Frank SinatraAmerican singer and actor.
1934.- Miguel de la Madridformer president of Mexico.
1946.- Emerson FittipaldiBrazilian automobile champion.
1950.- Francisco MontesinosSpanish couturier and designer.
DEATHS
1859.- Robert StephensonEnglish engineer.
1985.- Anne BaxterAmerican film actress.
1990.- Concha PiquerSpanish singer.
1993.- Jozef Antallhistorian, Prime Minister of Hungary.
2006.- Peter BoyleAmerican actor.
2007.- Josep GuinovartSpanish painter.
2008.- Tassos Papadopoulosformer president of Cyprus.
2016.- Javier Echevarriaprelate of Opus Dei.
2020.- John le CarréBritish writer.
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