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OTHER ANNIVERSARIES
1813.- Battle of Dresden (Germany): The Army of Napoleon defeat the troops of Austria, Prussia and Russia (Sixth Coalition).
1828.- Argentina and Brazil They sign a peace treaty, which ends the war, and recognizes the Republic as a sovereign state. Eastern Republic of Uruguay.
1859.- Opening of the first oil well in Titusville (Pennsylvania, USA), birthplace of the “boom” of the “black gold”.
1883.- He Perbuatan volcano It causes 36,400 deaths and destroys a large part of the archipelago Krakatoa (Indonesia) in an eruption between Java and Sumatra.
1900.- The first long-distance bus line between Madrid and Barcelona comes into operation London and Leeds: 320 km, two days long and once a week.
1910.- Thomas Edison makes the first demonstration of the cinematographer with sound either kinetophone.
1930.- A Military Juntaheaded by Luis Sanchez Cerrooverthrows the president of Peru Augusto Leguia.
1939.- First manned flight of the German aircraft “Heinkel He 178″, without propeller and jet engine with turbine.
1952.- Germany agrees with Israel compensation of 3 billion francs in reparation for the Nazism.
1962.- Launch of the American probe Mariner 2 in the direction of Venus.
1971.- Authorities announce nationalization of the industry copper in Mexico.
1972.- The president of USA, Richard Nixonabolishes compulsory military service.
1975.- The former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie He officially died of natural causes, but his relatives accused the military of murdering him.
1979.- He GONNA murders Lord Louis Mountbattensecond cousin of the queen Elizabeth II of Englandand last viceroy of the India.
1982.- He Argentine Government announces the legalization of political parties since 1983.
1985.- The president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhariis overthrown by a military coup.
1993.- 1,257 dead and 336 missing due to the rupture of the Gouhou Dam (China).
2001.- He Congress of Peru unanimously approves a constitutional impeachment against the former president Alberto Fujimori by crimes against humanity.
2004.- Chili, Costa Rica and Uruguay They have the best democratic index in Latin Americaaccording to the Adenauer Foundation and the Inter-American Network for Democracy.
.- 22 days of siege of the Great Mosque of Najaf (Baghdad) by followers of the Iraqi cleric Al Sadr with several hundred dead.
2006.- Two American journalists from the Fox TV network, kidnapped by the Holy Jihad Brigadesare released in Loop.
2008.- Barack Obamaofficially chosen as a candidate for the presidency of the United States during the Democratic Party Convention.
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2010.- The president of Kenya, Mwai Kibakipromulgates a new constitution.
2011.- USA announces death in Pakistan of the “number two” of Al Qaedathe Libyan Atiyah Abd al Rahman.
2014.- Christine Lagardedirector of the IMFcharged with alleged negligence in a case of corruption.
.- Argentine opposition unions start a 36 hour strike against the policies of the President’s Government Cristina Kirchner.
2015.- 71 people die of suffocation in a refrigerated truck to the east Austria.
2018.- USA and Mexico They reach an agreement to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.
2020.- The former Minister of Justice Daisy White Hairchosen Attorney General of Colombiafirst woman to direct the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the country.
2021.- The organization MapBiomas reveals that the indigenous reservations were the least devastated areas in Brazil over the past 36 years.
.- The mother voice reduces the signs of pain in the premature babiesaccording to research by the University of Geneva that publishes Scientific Reports.
BIRTHS
1770.- J.G. Friedrich HegelGerman philosopher.
1785.- Augustin GamarraPeruvian military and politician.
1849.- Manuel AcuñaMexican poet.
1870.- Beloved NervoMexican poet.
1890.- Man RayAmerican surrealist artist and photographer.
1908.- Lyndon B. Johnsonformer president of the United States.
1941.- Ibrahim Babangidaformer president of Nigeria.
DEATHS
1576.- Tiziano VecellioItalian painter.
1635.- Lope de VegaSpanish playwright.
1664.- Francisco de ZurbaranSpanish painter.
1893.- Peter MitterhoferAustrian scientist, inventor of the typewriter.
1965.- Charles Jeanneret ‘Le Corbusier‘, Swiss architect.
1979.- Louis Mountbatten known as Lord Mountbattenlast viceroy of India.
1994.- Roberto ‘Polaco’ GoyenecheArgentine tango singer.
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2002.- In AngerSwedish diplomat, rescuer of hundreds of Hungarian Jews.
2014.- Pedro Pubill Calaf“Peret”, Spanish singer.
2021.- Edmond H. FischerSwiss biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology 1992.
