In a June 29but from 1976, 50 years ago, the Seychelles islands They achieve independence, after 162 years of British colonial rule.
1613.- A fire destroys ‘The Globe’ theater in London, where William Shakespeare premiered his works.
1776.- The Franciscans Francisco Palou and Pedro Cambon begin to build the mission of San Francisco, the origin of this Californian city.
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1900.- The Nobel Foundation is created, which awards the prizes that bear its name from the following year.
1913.- The second Balkan War begins, between Bulgaria and its former allies in the Balkan League, Romania and the Ottoman Empire.
1970.- Spain and the EEC sign a Preferential Trade Agreement in Luxembourg to reduce customs duties.
1974.- The Russian dancer Baryshnikov defected from the USSR in Toronto (Canada), during a Bolshoi tour.
– Isabel Martínez de Perón assumes the interim presidency of Argentina due to the illness of her husband, who dies two days later.
1984.- The ‘Contadora Group’ for the pacification of Central America, Prince of Asturias Award for Ibero-American Cooperation.
1987.- They desecrate the tomb of former Argentine president Juan Domingo Perón, in the Buenos Aires cemetery of La Cacharita, and steal his hands.
1992.- Assassination of the Algerian president, Mohamed Budiaf.
1995.- The American shuttle ‘Atlantis’ and the Russian station ‘Mir’ join together in space.
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2005.- Part of the territory of the Spanish island of Gran Canaria was declared a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
2007.- Apple puts the first iPhone on sale, presented by Steve Jobs on January 9.
1540.- Ana de Mendoza de la Cerda, princess of Éboli.
1886.- Robert Schumann, French politician, one of the ‘fathers of the European Union’.
1900.- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French novelist.
1905.- Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet and film producer.
1925.- Giorgio Napolitano, Italian president.
1930.- Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer.
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1957.- ‘Ouka Leele’ (Bárbara Allende Gil de Biedma), Spanish photographer and artist.
1979.- Alejo Sauras, Spanish actor.
2003.- Jude Bellingham, British footballer.
1315.- Ramon Llull, Spanish theologian, philosopher and writer.
1940.- Paul Klee, Swiss painter.
1975.- Dionisio Ridruejo, Spanish writer and politician.
1979.- Blas de Otero, Spanish poet.
1982.- Pierre Balmain, French designer.
1995.- Lana Turner, American actress.
2000.- Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor.
2003.- Katharine Hepburn, American actress.
2019.- Guillermo Mordillo, Argentine cartoonist.
2020.- Carl Reiner, American comedian.
2021.- Delia Fiallo, Cuban writer and screenwriter.
2022.- María Rosa de Madariaga, Spanish historian.
– Ralph ‘Sonny’ Barger, founder of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle club.
2025.- José Luis Fontela, Spanish writer, politician and painter.
