In a January the 8thbut in 1935, Elvis Presley, American singer, was born.
OTHER ANIMALS
1537.- Creation of the first diocese of South Americathat of Cuscoin Peru.
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1766.- An English flotilla seizes the port of egmontin the Falkland Islands.
1918.- The American president Woodrow Wilson presents the so-called ‘14 points from Willson‘, a declaration of principles to achieve peace after the end of the World War I. Among them, he proposed free trade, the end of secret diplomacy and the creation of a Society of nations.
1926.- Ibn Saud He is proclaimed king of the region of Hejadlater incorporated into Saudi Arabia.
1937.- He US Congress establishes the arms embargo destined for the opposing parties in the Spanish Civil War.
1959.- Fidel Castroat the head of his troops, triumphantly enters Havana.
1973.- In Mexico, Mexican Telesystem and Independent Television of Mexico merge, creating the Televisa Group.
1979.- 50 people die when French oil tanker explodesBetelgeuse‘in Irish waters.
nineteen ninety six.- More than 300 dead when cargo plane crashes Antonov in a central market Kinshasa (Zaire).
2003.- A plane of the Turkish Airlines crashes upon landing Diyarbakir (Türkiye). 75 of the 80 passengers die.
2004.- The Queen isabel II baptizes in Southampton he ‘Queen Mary 2′, the largest passenger ship in the world.
2007.- Belarus cuts Russian oil supplies to PolandGermany and Ukrainewhich is not restored until three days later.
2011.- US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is injured by a gunshot to the head in Tucson, Arizona. Six people die in the shooting.
2014.- The former Cuban president Fidel Castro He reappears at the inauguration of an art studio, after nine months without appearing in public.
2015.- The Islamist militia Boko Haram kills hundreds of people in northeastern Nigeria.
2016.- Mexico arrests the drug dealer again Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmánsix months after his escape.
2017.- The musical ‘La La Land‘makes history in the Golden Globes by becoming the film with the highest number of awards won, a total of seven, all of which it aspired to.
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2020.- All 176 occupants of a car die ukrainian plane shot down by mistake by a iranian missile nearly Tehran.
2023.- Radical followers of the former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro invade the headquarters of the Presidencyhe Parliament and the Supreme Court.
BIRTH
1867.- Emily Greene BalchAmerican academic and writer, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946.
1870.- Miguel Primo de Riveracoup general who ruled Spain between 1923 and 1930.
1897.- Dennis WheatleyEnglish writer.
1912.- Jose FerrerPuerto Rican film actor and director.
1921.- Leonardo SciasciaItalian political writer.
1934.- Jacques AnquetilFrench cycling champion.
1939.- Carolina Pacaninsknown as Carolina Herrera, a Venezuelan nationalized American fashion designer.
1942.- Stephen HawkingBritish scientist.
1947.- David BowieBritish singer, songwriter and actor.
1957.- Nacho DuatoSpanish dancer and choreographer.
1979.- Sarah PolleyCanadian actress.
1984.- Kim Jong-unleader of North Korea.
2000.- Noah CyrusAmerican actress and singer.
DEATHS
1642.- Galileo GalileiItalian mathematician, physicist, astronomer and inventor.
1879.- Baldomero EsparteroSpanish general and politician, regent and president of the Government.
1896.- Paul VerlaineFrench poet, creator of symbolism.
1941.- Robert Baden-PowellBritish general, founder of the ‘boy-scouts’.
1976.- Chu En-Laiformer Chinese Prime Minister.
1990.- Jaime Gil de BiedmaSpanish poet.
nineteen ninety five.- Carlos MonzonArgentine boxer.
nineteen ninety six.- François Mitterrandformer president of France.
1997.- Melvin CalvinAmerican scientist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1961.
2002.- Alexander ProkhorovRussian physicist, Nobel Prize winner and one of the ‘fathers’ of the laser.
2007.- Iwao TakamotoAmerican cartoonist of Japanese origin.
2009.- Gaston LenotreFrench chef.
2012.- Alexis WeissenbergFrench pianist of Bulgarian origin.
2015.- Andrae CrouchAmerican gospel singer.
2016.- Otis ClayAmerican singer.
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2017.- Hashemi Rafsanjaniformer president of Iran (1989-1997).
2020.- Peter KirsteinBritish computer scientist who participated in the creation of the Internet.
2022.- Gerardo de la TorreMexican writer.
