In a August 28thbut in 1963, Martin Luther King gives his famous speech (“I have a dream”) in front of the Lincoln Monument in Washington, where more than 200,000 protesters against racial discrimination demand the recognition of civil rights.
OTHER ANNIVERSARIES
1534.- The city of Santiago de Quito is transferred under the name of Saint Francis of Quito to its new location on the indigenous ruins.
1565.- Landing of the Spanish military Pedro Menendez from Aviles in Floridawho after destroying French Huguenot establishments, founded the city of Saint Augustineone of the oldest European settlements in North America.
1897.- Cuban troops conquer the Vitoria de las Tunas Strong Square during the Cuban War of Independence.
1913.- It opens in Hague (Netherlands) the Peace Palacebuilt with contributions from all countries of the world.
1947.- The bullfighter Manuel Rodriguez “Manolete“He is mortally wounded in the Linares Square (Jaén, Spain) when entering to kill the bull “IsleroHe died the following morning (29 August).
1966.- He Argentine military government suspends the right to strike.
1968.- The Mexican police evicts with armored cars some 300,000 people who were demonstrating against the Government in the Zocalo Square.
.- The US ambassador in Guatemala, John Gordon Meinwas killed when a guerrilla group tried to kidnap him.
1973.- A earthquake causes in Mexico about 700 dead.
1988.- Seventy people die and 500 are injured when three planes collide during the air show Flight ’88 at the US military base in Ramstein (West Germany).
1989.- Historic meeting of the Head of State of Zambia, Kenneth Kaundaharsh critic of the “apartheid” and the President of South Africa, Frederik de Klerkin Livingstonein it African National Congress.
1993.- An image taken by the Galileo probe reveals that the asteroid Ida It has its own moon, only 1.4 kilometers in diameter.
2005.- The mayor of New Orleans, Ray Naginorders to evacuate the city because of the Hurricane Katrina.
2006.- The president of Bolivia, Evo Moralesdismisses senior officials of the state oil company YPFB for violating the decree nationalizing the sector.
2009.- He IMF injects $250 billion into central banks around the world.
.- The autopsy of the body of Michael Jackson confirms that his death was a “manslaughter” due to acute anesthetic poisoning “Propofol” and other painkillers.
2010.- The US Justice gives the green light to the merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines and the world’s largest airline is created.
.- Mexican Aviation suspends its flights”indefinitely” due to serious financial problems.
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2012.- The Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santosconfirms that it is negotiating peace in the country with the FARC without a prior truce.
2014.- Ukraine demands before the UN Security Council the withdrawal of the Russian troops of its territory.
2021.- The Colombian ex-paramilitary Edgar Ariel Trujillo Cordobaone of the authors of the El Salado massacreescapes from prison after being taken to a clinic for an alleged appendicitis.
BIRTHS
1749.- Johann Wolfgang GoetheGerman writer.
1897.- Charles BoyerFrench film actor.
1918.- Alejandro Lanussemilitary officer and former Argentine president.
1919.- Godfrey N. HounsfieldBritish scientist, inventor of the scanner and Nobel Prize winner in Medicine.
1921.- Fernando Fernan GomezSpanish-Argentine actor, film and theatre director.
1936.- Walter Rocco (‘Torrebruno‘), Italian actor and singer.
1942.- Jose Eduardo Dos Santosformer president of Angola.
DEATHS
1784.- Brother Junipero Serraapostle and founder of Spanish missions in Upper California.
1943.- Boris IIIKing of Bulgaria.
1950.- Cesare PaveseItalian writer.
1983.- Jose BergaminSpanish poet and writer.
1984.- Mohamed Naguibmilitary officer and first president of Egypt.
1987.- John HustonAmerican film director.
1999.- Helder ChamberBrazilian priest, pioneer of Liberation Theology.
2006.- Melvin SchwartzAmerican physicist and 1988 Nobel Prize winner.
2007.- Francisco ThresholdSpanish journalist and writer.
2011.- Tony LopezCuban sculptor.
2016.- Juan GabrielMexican singer.
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2017.- Mireille DarcFrench actress.
2020.- Chadwick Aaron BosemanAmerican actor, screenwriter, and playwright.
.- Manuel “The Madman” ValdesMexican actor and comedian.
