A October 25, 1881 The painter was born in Malaga (southern Spain) Pablo Picasso and on the same day, but in 1927, the Italian ocean liner “Principessa Mafalda” sank off the coast of Brazil, killing 314 people.
Other anniversaries
1949.- The four-engine “Havilland Comet”, the first jet aircraft for passenger transport, performs a London-Tripoli-London test flight in 6 hours and 36 minutes, twice as fast as conventional aircraft.
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[1945.- The UN General Assembly approves the admission of China.
1983.- The US invades the island of Grenada (Little Antilles).
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1994.- The Vatican announces the establishment of stable and permanent official, non-diplomatic, relations with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
.- Approved the Tegucigalpa Declaration on Peace and Development in Central America.
1995.- The musical “Víctor o Victoria” premieres on Broadway, starring Julie Andrews and Robert Preston.
2001.- Microsoft launches its XP operating system for personal computers.
2002.- Military garrisons from different parts of Venezuela ratify their support for President Hugo Chávez as commander in chief of the National Armed Forces, after the coup d’état of April 11.
2003.- The referendum to decide the reform of the Constitution fails in Colombia.
2013.- Former Argentine general Luciano Benjamín Menéndez, convicted of crimes against humanity during the last dictatorship (1976-1983).
2016.- The Parliament of Venezuela approves starting a political process against President Nicolás Maduro.
2017.- The Supreme Court of Venezuela in exile orders the dissolution of the National Constituent Assembly.
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2018.- Sahlework Zewde, appointed first female president in the history of Ethiopia.
2020.- Chileans decide in a plebiscite and by a large majority to replace the Constitution drafted during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990).
Births
1825.- Johan Strauss, Austrian composer.
1838.- George Bizet, French composer.
1881.- Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Spanish painter.
1918.- Anwar El Sadat, Egyptian president.
1921.- Michael I of Romania, king in exile.
1928.- Jeanne Cooper, American actress.
1931.- Annie Girardot, French actress.
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1984.- Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, American singer known as Katy Perry.
2001.- Isabella of Brabant, princess of Belgium, duchess of Brabant and heir to the throne of Belgium.
2006.- Camilo Joaquín Villaruel, known as Milo J, Argentine singer.
Deaths
1993.- Vincent Leonard Price, American actor.
1999.- Payne Stewart, American golf player.
2001.- Soraya Esfandiary, second wife of the Shah of Iran Reza Palevi.
2002.- Richard Harris, Irish actor.
2010.- Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican musician.
2012.- Emanuel Steward, American boxer.
2017.- María Cristina del Pino Segura, “Pinito del Oro”, Spanish trapeze artist.
2021.- Fofi Yenimatá, Greek politician.
