In a January 5but in 2023, Pope Francis presided over the funeral of his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
OTHER ANIMALS
1543.- The Spanish friar Bartolomé de las Casas, a prominent historian and defender of the indigenous people, disembarks in the port of San Francisco de Campeche (Mexico).
1728.- Foundation of the University of Havana (Cuba).
1822.- The city councils of Guatemala vote on the annexation of the country to the Empire of Mexico, recently proclaimed by Agustín Itúrbide.
1895.- French Jewish captain Alfred Dreyfus, falsely accused of high treason, is demoted in a public ceremony at the Paris Military School.
1906.- A violent earthquake shakes the Nicaraguan city of Masaya.
1919.- The German Workers’ Party (DAP) is founded, the embryo of the later National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP).
1925.- Nellie Tayloe Ross is sworn in as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in United States history.
1933.- Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco (California, USA).
1940.- In the United States, engineer and inventor Edwin H. Armstrong introduced Frequency Modulated (FM) radio.
1950.- Great Britain breaks its diplomatic relations with nationalist China and, the next day, recognizes Mao Tse-Tung’s regime.
1955.- The last section, 643 kilometers, of the Amazon railway that connects Brazil and Bolivia is inaugurated.
1968.- Alexander Dubcek is elected First Secretary of the Czech Communist Party.
1972.- Richard Nixon orders the development of the American space program.
1973.- Bruce Springsteen’s first album goes on sale: ‘Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ’
1985.- The first European triplets conceived by in vitro fertilization are born in Paris.
1993.- The tanker ‘Braer’ runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, in Scottish waters. In the following days it splits into four and dumps 85,000 tons of crude oil into the sea.
2003.- Two suicide attacks cause 22 deaths in Tel Aviv.
2005.- Astronomers Michael Brown, Chad Trujillo and David L. Rabinowitz discovered, from photographs taken in 2003, the dwarf planet Eris, the most distant in the solar system.
2008.- Mikhail Saakashvili is re-elected president of Georgia.
2016.- The new Venezuelan Parliament is formed, the first of the Chavista period with an opposition majority, and chaired by the opposition Juan Guaidó.
2019.- A ceremony in Istanbul seals the break between the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and that of Russia.
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2020.- Social democrat Zoran Milanovic wins the presidential elections in Croatia.
2021.- In Venezuela, the new Parliament is formed, controlled by Chavismo.
2023.- Ovidio Guzmán, son of ‘Chapo’, is captured in northern Mexico.
BIRTH
1744.- Gaspar Melchor de JovellanosSpanish politician and writer.
1846.- Rudolf EuckenGerman philosopher, Nobel Prize in Literature in 1908.
1876.- Konrad AdenauerGerman politician, first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).
1881.- Pablo GargalloSpanish sculptor.
1895.- Rebecca C. LancefieldAmerican microbiologist.
1902.- Ana María Gómez GonzálezMaruja Mallo, Spanish surrealist painter.
1906.- Kathleen KenyonBritish archaeologist.
1921.- Friedrich DurrenmattSwiss painter and writer.
1928.- Walter Mondaleformer vice president of the United States.
.- Ali BhutoPakistani politician, former president and former prime minister of Pakistan.
1931.- Robert DuvallAmerican actor.
1932.- Umberto EcoItalian semiologist and writer.
1938.- Juan Carlos de Borbónking emeritus of Spain.
.- Ngugi wa Thiong’oKenyan writer.
1941.- Hayao MiyazakiJapanese animation filmmaker.
1942.- Terenci MoixSpanish writer.
.- Maurizio PolliniItalian pianist.
1943.- Ernest MaragallSpanish politician.
1946.- Diane KeatonAmerican actress.
1947.- Saskia SassenDutch sociologist.
1950.- Krzysztof WielickiPolish mountaineer.
1953.- George Tenetformer director of the CIA.
1955.- Adriana OcampoColombian planetary geologist.
1956.- Frank-Walter Steinmeierpresident of Germany.
1961.- Isabel GemioSpanish radio and TV presenter.
1964.- Miguel Angel JimenezSpanish golf player.
1965.- Eleonora CassanoArgentine dancer and choreographer.
1969.- Brian WarnerAmerican rock singer, known as Marilyn Manson.
1975.- Bradley CooperAmerican actor.
1976.- Diego TristanSpanish former soccer player.
1978.- January JonesAmerican actress.
1982.- Janica KostelicCroatian skier.
1986.- Deepika PadukoneDanish model and actress of Indian origin.
2001.- Jorge PradoSpanish motocross rider.
DEATHS
1903.- Praxedes Mateo Sagastaformer president of the Spanish Government.
1922.- Ernest ShackletonAnglo-Irish explorer of Antarctica.
1936.- Ramón María del Valle InclánSpanish writer.
1956.- Jeanne Bourgeois‘Mistinguett‘, vedette, French singer and actress.
1979.- Alexandra BalachovaRussian ballet dancer.
1981.- Giuseppe Lanza del VastoItalian pacifist.
1990.- Arthur KennedyAmerican actor.
1991.- Vasko PopaSerbian poet of Romanian origin.
1993.- Juan BenetSpanish writer.
2003.- Roy JenkinsBritish politician and former president of the European Commission.
2006.- Rosa Maria KucharskiSpanish pianist.
2008.- Raymond ForniFrench politician.
2010.- Kenneth NolandAmerican painter.
2011.- Malangatana Valente NgwenyaMozambican painter and poet.
.- Gabriel CardonaSpanish historian and military man.
2014.- Eusebio da Silva FerreiraPortuguese footballer of African origin.
2016.- Pierre BoulezFrench composer and conductor.
2017.- José Luis BarcelonaSpanish journalist and broadcaster.
2018.- John YoungAmerican astronaut and ninth man to walk on the Moon.
.- Carlos Heitor ConyBrazilian journalist and writer.
.- Harmony AlonsoArgentine ichthyologist.
2019.- Dragoslav SekularacSerbian footballer.
2021.- João CutileiroPortuguese sculptor.
2022.- Joan VinyalsSpanish guitarist.
