Anniversaries of January 4: What happened in the world on a day like today?

In a January 4but in 2005, the Supreme Court of Chile confirmed the prosecution of Augusto Pinochet for crimes committed in ‘Operation Condor’.

OTHER ANIMALS

1834.- coup d’état in Peru. The garrison of Lime proclaims supreme chief Pedro Bermudezwith which the civil war begins.

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1894.- Proclamation of the Republic of Hawaii.

1933.- Fire destroys French liner ‘L’Atlantique‘when sailing along the French coast. 19 crew members die.

1936.- Magazine ‘Billboard‘ publishes the world’s first musical hits list.

1943.- First screening of Node (Newscasts and Documentaries).

1948.- Burma proclaims its independence from Britain.

1958.- A New Zealand expedition, led by Edmund Hillaryarrive at South Pole.

1960.- Britain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Swiss, Austria and Portugal sign in London the founding treaty of the European Free Trade Community (EFTA).

1964.- Paul VI travel to Jerusalemwhere the next day he met with the Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras. Paul VI was the first Pope to visit Holy Land.

1969.- Signature on Fez of the treaty of retrocession of the territory of Ifni of Spain to Morocco.

1978.- Pinochet wins a plebiscite that rejects resolutions of the United Nations that condemn Chili for not respecting the human rights.

1984.- Israeli air raids on the Lebanon cause more than 100 deaths and 400 injuries in the region of Baalbek.

1993.- Daniel Arap Moi is invested as president of Kenyaafter being re-elected in the first multi-party elections in 26 years.

nineteen ninety six.- Scientists of the CERN announce the obtaining of antihydrogen atoms (antimatter).

1999.- He eurothe new currency of 11 European nations, begins trading on world markets.

2004.- The ‘Spirit’ probe reaches the surface of Mars.

2006.- The prime minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon suffers a cerebral infarction and is replaced by Ehud Olmert.

2007.- The Democratic legislator Nancy Pelosi becomes the first president of the House of Representatives in the history of USA.

2008.- For the first time in its 30-year history, the Dakar Rally due to the terrorist threat Al Qaeda in Mauritania.

2009.- The Spanish photographer Jose Cendon and the British journalist Colin Freeman They are released after being held captive for 38 days in Somalia.

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2010.- Inaugurated in dubai the tallest tower in the world,’Burj Dubai‘, with 828 meters high.

2014.- Chili inaugurates in the Antarctica the Joint Polar Scientific Station ‘Union Glacier’.

2016.- USA sues German car manufacturer Volkswagen for environmental crimes.

2021.- Iran begins to enrich uranium at 20%, failing to comply with the nuclear deal.

BIRTH

1643.- Isaac NewtonEnglish physicist and mathematician.

1809.- Louis BrailleFrench pedagogue, creator of the reading and writing system for the blind that bears his name.

1923.- Tito RodriguezPuerto Rican-American singer-songwriter, musician and bandleader.

1932.- Carlos SauraSpanish filmmaker.

1940.- Gao XingjianChinese writer, Nobel Prize in Literature.

1942.- John MclaughlinBritish guitarist.

1953.- Cruz BustamanteAmerican politician of Hispanic origin.

1959.- Fernando AramburuSpanish writer.

1963.- May-Britt MoserNorwegian neuroscientist, Nobel Prize in Medicine in 2014.

1965.- Julia OrmondBritish actress.

1966.- Christian Kernformer Austrian chancellor.

1981.- Diana TrujilloColombian aerospace engineer.

1990.- Toni KroosGerman footballer.

nineteen ninety six.- Emma MackeyFrench-British actress and model.

1998.- Courtney ‘Coco’ JonesAmerican actress and singer.

2000.- Nerea EizagirreSpanish footballer.

DEATHS

1920.- Benito Pérez GaldósSpanish writer.

1941.- Henri BergsonFrench philosopher.

1960.- Albert Camus, French writer. Nobel Prize 1957.

1961.- Erwin SchrödingerAustrian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics in 1933.

1965.- Thomas EliotAnglo-American writer, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948.

2006.- Maktoum bin Rashid al Maktoumemir of Dubai.

2007.- Bernard MeltzerAmerican jurist, prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials and co-author of the United Nations Charter.

2010.- Roberto Sanchez‘Sandra‘, Argentine singer-songwriter.

2011.- Gerry RaffertyScottish musician.

2012.- Eve ArnoldAmerican photographer.

2015.- Pino DanieleItalian singer-songwriter.

2017.- Georges PretreFrench conductor.

2020.- Lorenza MazzettiItalian film director, painter and writer.

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2021.- Tanya RobertsAmerican actress.

2022.- Joan CopelandAmerican actress.

2023.- Rosi MittermeierGerman skier.

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