Anniversaries of November 17: What happened in the world on a day like today?

In a November 17, but in 1989, a peaceful student demonstration in Prague turns into a massive protest against the communist regime. It is the beginning of the Velvet Revolution, which on December 29 culminated in the fall of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.

OTHER ANIMALS

1659.- France and Spain sign the Treaty of the Pyrenees either Peace of the Pyrenees that put an end to a conflict that began in 1963 during the Thirty Years War.

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1869.- It is officially inaugurated in Egypt he Suez Canalone of the largest artificial shipping lanes in the world connecting Europe, Africa and Asia.

1889.- After the triumph of the revolution in Brazilhe Emperor Peter II and the imperial family embark for Lisbon (Portugal).

1905.- He Korean Empire and the Empire of Japan sign the Treaty of Eulsa for which the korean peninsula It is occupied and declared a Japanese protectorate.

1929.- In Mexicois elected president Pascual Ortiz Rubiocandidate of National Revolutionary Party.

1946.- Thailand returns the territories of Cambodia and Laosannexed in 1941, in order to be admitted to the UN.

1947.- American physicists John Bardeen, Walter Houser Brattain and William Shockley they invent the “transistor“, a term that was suggested by the American engineer John R. Pierce. The invention was registered days later.

1950.- The fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatsois enthroned absolute king of Tibet after the invasion of Chinese People’s Liberation Army in 1949.

1970.- The Soviet unmanned probe Moon-17 puts the robot Lunojod 1 on the lunar surface, it was the first remote-controlled automatic device from the Land.

.- The American inventor Douglas Engelbart patent the mouse (mouse) of computer PC.

1972.- The former president of Argentina, Juan Domingo Perontemporarily returns to Buenos Aires after 17 years of exile in Paraguay, Panama, Venezuela, Dominican Republic and Spain.

1973.- It is produced in Athens (Greece) the student revolt of the Polytechnic University which marked the beginning of the end of the colonels’ dictatorship, which fell in 1974 after seven years in power.

1975.- The bassist Steve Harris founded the British heavy metal band “Iron Maiden”, one of the most important of its kind.

1983.- In Mexicoin the southeastern mountains, a small group of guerrillas founded the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN).

1991.- He Macedonian Parliament approves your new Constitutionwith which an independent, democratic and social State is proclaimed.

1997.- Islamic terrorists murder 58 foreign tourists and four Egyptians in the King’s Valley (Egypt). The fundamentalist organizationYama Islamiya” the attack is attributed.

2001.- They are celebrated in Kosovo the first free legislative elections since the Yugoslav province was placed under protectorate of the UNMIKthe mission of the UN in 1999.

2002.- Israel cancels the agreement Hebronsigned in 1997, by which they shared control of the capital of southern Israel with the Palestinians. West Bank.

2003.- The American Britney Spears becomes the youngest singer to receive a star at the Hall of Fame in hollywood.

2004.- He European Parliament approves a resolution by which the European Union should not change its policy towards Cuba until the Castro government releases all political prisoners and respects human rights.

.- In Chilithe Supreme Court rejects the resources of the retired general Manuel Contreras and confirms his sentence of 12 years in prison for the disappearance of the dissident Miguel Angel Sandoval. The ruling puts an end to the amnesty law imposed by Augusto Pinochet.

2006.- In Uruguaythe former dictator Juan María Bordaberry (1973-1976) and his former chancellor Juan Carlos Blancos They are imprisoned for the murders of two former legislators and two former political prisoners in 1976.

2008.- Mikel Garikoiz Aspiazu“Txeroki“, considered the military chief of the terrorist organization ETAand Leire López Zurutuzaalleged member of the gang, are arrested in France.

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2014.- In ColombiaPresident Juan Manuel Santos suspends the cycle of dialogues with the guerrilla of the FARC after the kidnapping of a general.

2016.- In The Saviorthey find the first remains of the El Mozote massacrein 1981, when elite units of the Atlacatl Battalion They tortured and executed children, men and women in that canton and other surrounding areas.

2018.- In Francethe first mobilizations of the “yellow vests“, a social protest movement that arises from the rise in the price of fuels and the loss of purchasing power.

.- The American company Ocean Infinity finds the Argentine submarine ARA San Juandisappeared in the waters of Atlantic with 44 crew on board.

2019.- The Spanish motorcycle racer, Jorge Lorenzofive-time world champion in 250cc (2006 and 2007) and in MotoGP (2010, 2012 and 2015), retires from the competition after participating in the Grand Prix of the Valencian Community MotoGP, on the circuit Ricardo Tormo.

2021.- Japan successfully try the first self-piloted bullet train.

.- The presidents of Israel, Isaac Herzogand of China, Xi Jinpingthey have a telephone conversation, it is the first call in history between presidents of both states.

.- It reaches Madrid (Spain) the Cuban artist Yunior García Aguilerapromoter of the march 15N in Cuba to demand political change on the island.

2022.- The Eurecat Latam Foundationto advance technology transfer and the development of business innovation projects in Latin Americawhich will be based in Chili.

.- Jamaica approves a Constitutional Reform Committee to complete the transition from a constitutional monarchy to a republican state.

BIRTH

1905.- Astrid from Swedenqueen consort of Belgium.

1919.- Luis Martínez de Irujo y ArtázcozSpanish nobleman, first husband of the Duchess of Alba, Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart.

1923.- Pablo Porta BussomsSpanish lawyer and FIFA leader.

1925.- Rock HudsonAmerican film actor.

1936.- Luis Rafael SánchezPuerto Rican writer.

1942.- Martin ScorseseAmerican film director.

1957.- Dany LevySwiss film director.

1966.- Sophie MarceauFrench actress.

1974.- Alberto Romero Tomas “Berto Romero”, Spanish actor and comedian.

DEATHS

1494.- Giovanni Pico della Looking at herItalian humanist.

[1945- Manuel HuguéSpanish sculptor and painter.

1986.- José María Ruiz GallardónSpanish politician and lawyer.

1999.- Enrique UrquijoSpanish singer.

2002.- Abba Ebanformer Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs and one of the fathers of Israeli diplomacy.

2006.- Ferenc PuskasHungarian footballer.

2008.- Ennio de ConciniItalian screenwriter.

2010.- Isabelle CaroFrench model.

2013.- Doris LessingBritish writer.

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2017.- Toto Riinahead of the Sicilian mafia.

2018.- Arnaldo Roche RabellPuerto Rican painter.

2021.- Dario Xohan CabanaSpanish writer.

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