In a December 26, but in 1960, Operation Pedro Pan began, informally called Operation Peter Pan, which lasted until October 23, 1962 and with which more than 14,000 minors left Cuba alone bound for the United States. The operation, carried out by the Irish-born priest Bryan O. Walsh and financed by the US, was considered the largest child exodus of the 20th century in the West.
OTHER ANIMALS
1541.- Francisco de Orellana undertake, aboard the brig San Pedronavigation Amazonthe longest and largest river in the world.
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1825.- Simon Bolivarnamed president for life of Peru.
1863.- It is applied for the first time electricity in Europe with the lighting of coastal lighthouses at Cape Heve (France).
1884.- Spain communicates to foreign powers that it has the western coast of Africa between the bojador and white capesterritory called Occidental Sahara.
1898.- The scientists Peter and Marie Curie inform the French Academy of Sciences of the discovery of radio and they coin the term radioactivity.
1906.- It premieres in Melbourne Athenaeum Theater the first one-hour feature film titled “The Story of the Kelly Gang” (The Kelly Gang Story).
1933.- The American inventor Edwin H. Armstrong patents the radio Modulated frequency (FM).
1948.- The Cardinal Primate of Hungary, Josef Mindszentyis arrested, imprisoned and prosecuted, accused of espionage for USA.
1953.- It is done in Paris the first kidney transplant from a living donor (from mother to child), which worked for 22 days.
1973.- World premiere of the filmThe Exorcist” from the director William Friedkinan adaptation of the novel by William Peter Blatty.
1991.- He Supreme Soviet declares the end of the Soviet Union (USSR) after the ratification of the Treaty of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
.- The Legislative Assembly of Panama approves reforms to 58 articles of the Constitution, including the abolition of the Army and the creation of theOmbudsman”.
nineteen ninety six.- The United Nations Convention (UN) against the Desertification.
2003.- A earthquake of magnitude 6.3 on the Richter scale shakes the historic city of Bam (southeast of Iran) which causes 26,271 deaths.
2004.- Registers in Aceh, Sumatraa large earthquake of magnitude 9 on the Richter scale that affects 12 countries in Asia and Africa and that causes the death of 229,000 people.
2006.- He Iraq Court of Cassation ratifies the death sentence against the former president Saddam Hussein.
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2010.- The Argentine justice passes the first sentence for money laundering of history.
2012.- The longest high-speed line in the world is inaugurated between Beijing and Cantonwith a track length of 2,298 kilometers.
2014.- The FARC they free the soldier Carlos Becerra Ojedakidnapped in the department of Cauca (Colombia).
2017.- The only African winner of a Golden Ballthe former footballer George Weahwins the presidential elections in Liberia with the party Congress for Democratic Change (CCD).
.- Honduras celebrates his tenths general elections since 1980, when it returned to democracy.
2022.- In Chilihe Senate The debate on the project that enables the new constituent process in the country begins, which must then be revalidated in both chambers.
.- The president of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoganannounces the discovery of a new deposit of natural gas in it Black Sea.
BIRTH
1716.- Thomas GrayEnglish lyric poet.
1893.- Mao Zedong (Mao Tse Tung), leader of the People’s Republic of China.
1904.- Alejo CarpentierCuban writer
1910.- Magdalena Nile del Río“Argentine Empire”, Spanish-Argentine actress, singer and dancer.
1914.- Richard WidmarkAmerican film actor.
1949.- José Manuel Ramos-HortaTimorese independence activist, Nobel Peace Prize winner.
DEATHS
1972.- Harry S. Trumanthe 33rd president of the United States.
1977.- Howard HawksAmerican film director.
1985.- Diane FosseyAmerican primatologist who inspired the film “Gorillas in the Mist.”
1988.- Pablo SorozábalSpanish composer.
1994.- Sylva KoscinaItalian actress of Croatian origin.
2006.- Gerald Fordformer president of the United States.
2009.- Yves RocherFrench businessman.
2011.- Pedro Armendariz Jr.Mexican actor.
2020.- George Blakethe legendary British agent who spied for the Soviet KGB.
2021.- Desmond TutuSouth African archbishop, fighter for human rights and Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.
