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1871.- Otto von Bismarck proclaims the German Empire.
1915.- Pancho Villa is proclaimed president of Mexico.
1919.- The Paris Peace Conference begins, responsible for settling the issues raised by the First World War (1914-1918).
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1974.- Egypt and Israel sign the Separation of Forces Agreement that ends hostilities between both countries.
1994.- Split of the Italian Christian Democracy into the Italian Popular Party (PPI) and the Christian Democratic Center (CCD).
1995.- The domain ‘yahoo.com’ is registered.
1997.- Three Spanish aid workers from the NGO Médicos del Mundo, Luis Valtueña, Flors Sirera and Manuel Madrazo, are murdered in Rwanda.
1998.- The novelist Ana María Matute reads her entrance speech at the Royal Spanish Academy.
2002.- The German multinational Bayer admits a hundred deaths related to its anti-cholesterol drug Lipobay.
2005.- The Airbus A380, the largest passenger plane in the world, is presented in Toulouse (France).
2009.- Operation ‘Cast Lead’, launched by the Israeli Army against Gaza, concludes, in which 1,400 Palestinians died.
2010.- Ali Agca, the Turkish terrorist who attacked Pope John Paul II in 1981, is released from prison.
2012.- The English version of Wikipedia turns off in protest against the US anti-piracy bill.
2015.- Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who denounced President Cristina Fernández, is found dead.
2017.- More than 70 dead in a suicide attack carried out by Al Qaeda against a military base in Gao, in northern Mali.
2019.- A sabotaged pipeline for the illegal intake of gasoline explodes in Tlahuelilpan, Mexico, causing 135 deaths.
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2023.- The Ukrainian Minister of the Interior dies along with 13 other people after a helicopter crashes in kyiv.
BIRTH
1867.- Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet.
1893.- Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet.
1904.- Cary Grant, American actor born in Great Britain.
1915.- Santiago Carrillo, former Spanish communist leader.
1937.- John Hume, Irish politician, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1998.
1938.- Anthony Giddens, British sociologist.
1940.- Iva Zanicchi, Italian singer.
[1945.- José Luis Perales, Spanish singer and composer.
1949.- Philippe Starck, French industrial designer recognized worldwide for the functionality and aesthetics of his works.
1955.- Kevin Costner, American actor.
1960.- Mark Rylance, British actor, theater director and playwright.
1963.- Efraín Alegre, Paraguayan politician.
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1967.- Iván Zamorano, former Chilean soccer player.
1971.- Pep Guardiola, former Spanish soccer player and soccer coach.
1980.- Jason Segel, American actor.
1998.- Aitana Bonmatí, Spanish soccer player.
DEATHS
1890.- Amadeo of Savoy, king of Spain between 1871 and 1873.
1906.- Bartolomé Mitre, Argentine general and politician.
1936.- Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel Prize winner in Literature.
1978.- Nicanor Piñole, Spanish painter.
2006.- Anton Rupert, South African tycoon.
2016.- Glenn Frey, American musician, founder and guitarist of the Eagles.
2019.- Marcelo Yuka, Brazilian musician and composer.
2020.- Alicia Gómez Montano, Spanish journalist.
2021.- Juan Carlos Tabío, Cuban filmmaker.
2022.- André Leon Talley, editor of ‘Vogue’. He defended the inclusion of black models in fashion shows and denounced their discrimination in fashion.
