In a August 21stbut in 1983, Benigno Aquino, the opposition leader to dictator Ferdinand Marcos, was assassinated at the Manila airport when he was returning from exile in the United States.
OTHER ANNIVERSARIES
1792.- The monarchist politician Louis David Collenot-d’Angremont is executed in Francefirst time that the guillotine for a political crime during the French Revolution.
1810.- Napoleon’s marshal, Jean Battiste Bernardottenamed heir to the king Charles XIII of Sweden where he will establish the dynasty of the Bernadotte.
1823.- Nicaraguaas part of the United Provinces of Central Americaadopts a flag and coat of arms to symbolize its sovereign entity.
1856.- The first Argentine postage stamp goes on sale in the province of Currents with the effigy of Ceresgoddess of agriculture.
1879.- Bolivia and Spain sign in Paris a Treaty of Peace and Friendship.
1888.- William S. Burroughs patents the adding machine, the precursor to the calculator.
1911.- Portugal approves the first Republican Constitution of the country.
1914.- The beginning of the Battle of the Bulge between France and Germanyin the World War I.
1929.- Mexican painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera get married.
1940.- The Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky dies in Mexico Cityafter being attacked the day before by the Spanish communist Ramon Mercaderwho stuck an ice axe in his head.
1944.- Promulgated in Mexico the Emergency Law for the National Campaign against Illiteracy.
1961.- The portrait of the Duke of Wellingtonof Francisco de Goyais stolen from the National Gallery of LondonIt was recovered in 1965.
1969.- Australian Christian tourist sets mosque on fireAl Aqsa‘ of Jerusalemwhich destroys the oldest parts of it.
1971.- The coup d’état succeeds in Bolivialed by Colonel Hugo Banzerwho overthrew General Juan Jose Torres.
1991.- Coup attempt against the president of the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachevwhich began three days earlier with the arrest of the conspirators.
1994.- Ernesto Zedillo wins the legislative and presidential elections in Mexico and will be the last president of the PRI for more than 70 consecutive years.
2001.- He IMF grants to Argentina an additional $8 billion in aid to remedy its recession.
2006.- Starts in Iraq the trial against the former president Saddam Hussein and six senior officials for genocide against the Kurdish people. The court sentenced him to death and he was hanged.
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2012.- He Romanian Constitutional Court invalidates the referendum to remove the president Basescu for assuming responsibilities that did not correspond to him, and he can return to his position.
2013.- The American Soldier Bradley Manning He is sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking WikiLeaks more than 700,000 classified documents.
2014.- Prayuth Chan-ochais elected Prime Minister of Thailandthree months after the coup d’état with which he came to power.
2017.- Catalan police kill in Subirats (Upper Penedès) to Younes Abouyaaqouauthor of the attack on the Ramblas (Barcelona).
2020.- Former US Vice President Joe Biden accepts the Democratic nomination for White House for the presidential elections on November 3, at the closing of the party’s national convention, in Milwaukee (Wisconsin).
BIRTHS
1789.- Augustine LouisBaron de Cauchi, French scientist and creator of mathematical analysis.
1820.- John TyndallIrish scientist.
1930.- Margaret of Englandsister of Elizabeth II.
1937.- Gustavo Noboapresident of Ecuador.
1944.- Peter WeirAustralian filmmaker.
1958.- Steve Caseco-founder of America OnLine (AOL).
1963.- Sidi MohamedMohamed VI, King of Morocco.
1973.- Sergey Brinco-founder of Google.
DEATHS
1826.- Francisco Pignillemintroducer of vaccination and auscultation in Spain.
1947.- Ettore BugattiItalian automobile manufacturer.
1951.- Constant LambertEnglish composer.
1997.- Misael Pastranaformer Colombian president.
1999.- Prince Faisal Ben Fahdfirstborn son of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.
2000.- Juan Thomas Salasjournalist and editor, founder of Grupo 16.
2015.- Daniel RabinovichArgentine comedian from “Les Luthiers”.
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2018.- Barbara HarrisAmerican actress.
2019.- Celso PineappleMexican singer and songwriter.
2022.- Zalo Reyessinger and emblem of Chilean popular culture.
