Other anniversaries:

1924.- The People’s Republic of Mongolia was proclaimed after liberating itself from the Chinese invasion.
1942.- The film “Casablanca” is released in the United States, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.
1974.- Mexico breaks diplomatic relations with Chile, in response to the coup d’état against Salvador Allende.
1976.- Willy Brandt, president of the German Social Democratic Party, assumes the presidency of the Socialist International.
1991.- The American singer Michael Jackson releases the album “Dangerous”.
2002.- The Commission of Personalities for Children and Adolescents of UNICEF, chaired by José Saramago, released a manifesto to demand “an economy and democracy for children and adolescents.”
2003.- Concorde’s last trip, specifically from London’s Heathrow airport to Bristol (central England), before becoming a museum piece.
2005.- The Brazilian film “Cidade Baixa”, by filmmaker Sergio Machado, wins the “Golden Colon” at the XXXI edition of the Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival.
2006.- The leftist Rafael Correa wins the presidential elections in Ecuador over his conservative rival Alvaro Noboa.
2008.- A wave of attacks against tourist interests in Bombay (India) causes 173 deaths and hundreds of injuries.
.- The Spanish photographer José Cendón and the British journalist Colin Freeman are kidnapped in Bosasso, northern Somalia. They were released on January 4, 2009.
.- Greenland approves in a referendum the extension of its autonomy status, which recognizes the right of self-determination of this territory of Denmark.
2009.- A report prepared by an investigative commission concludes that the Catholic Church hid sexual abuse for years in collusion with the Irish State.
2010.- The Governments of Colombia and Ecuador announce the full reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, broken since March 2008.
2011.- NASA’s “Curiosity” robot begins a journey in search of answers about life on Mars.
2017.- Nepal votes in its first general elections in 18 years.
2019.- Bolivia appoints its first ambassador to the United States after eleven years.
2020.- An Ankara court hands down 79 life sentences, in the largest coup d’état trial in Turkey (2016).
2021.- The WHO names the new variant of coronavirus “omicron”, which it describes as “risk”.

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Births

1810.- William Armstrong, British engineer, inventor of the electric accumulator.
1909.- Eugene Ionescu, French playwright of Romanian origin.
1918.- Patricio Aylwin, former president of Chile.
1931.- Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine activist, Nobel Peace Prize 1980.
1939.- Tina Turner (Anne Mae Bullock), American singer.
1940.- Gianni de Michelis, Italian politician.
1963.- Lydia Bosch, Spanish actress.
1968.- María Eugenia Martínez de Irujo, Duchess of Montoro, daughter of the Duchess of Alba.
1976.- Jesús Carballo Martínez, Spanish gymnast.
1984.- Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer.

Deaths

1504.- Isabel “the Catholic”, Spanish queen.
1855.- Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and patriot.
1926.- John Moses Browning, American inventor.
1969.- La Niña de los Peines, Spanish flamenco singer.
1981.- Regino Sainz de la Maza, Spanish guitarist.
1985.- Pablo Serrano, Spanish sculptor.
2002.- Polo Montañez, Cuban singer-songwriter.
2004.- Fernando Valle, Portuguese doctor, founder of the Portuguese Socialist Party.
2018.- Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian filmmaker.
2022.- Fernando Gomes, Portuguese footballer, twice Golden Boot.