In a January 28but from 1986, the American space ferry Challenger explodes after taking off in Cabo Cañaveral and its seven crew members die.
Other ephemeris
1521.- The Worms dietan assembly of the princes of Sacred Germanic Roman Empire chaired by Carlos vin which it was condemned to Martin Luther to abjurate his ideas, to which he refused.
1782.- The viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata is divided into 8 intendencies: La Paz, Potosí, Cochabamba, Pond, Buenos Aires, Cordova, Salta and Paraguay.
1820.- A Russian naval expedition directed by Faddéy Bellingshausen and MIJAÍL Lázarev reaches the coast of the Antarctic continent.
1821.- Underlevation in Maracaibo for the non -recognition of Spain of the Independence of Venezuela.
1823.- Bernardo O’HigginsHead of State of Chiliresign and exile in Peru.
1825.- Killed in Lime The Argentine writer and politician Bernardo de Monteagudo.
1843.- Build in Peru The general revolution Manuel Ignacio de Vivancowhich is proclaimed president of the Republic.
1855.- The railroad of Panama. The locomotive ‘Gorgon‘performs the first interoceanic route, between the Atlantic and Peaceful.
1871.- Franco-Prussian war: Paris capitulates before the siege of the troops of Prussia.
1887.- The construction works of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
1909.- Take possession of General José Miguel Gómez as president of Cuba.
1912.- Killed in Quito The president of Ecuadorgeneral Eloy Alfaro.
1915.- The general Álvaro Obregón occupies the Mexico City After beating the Zapatista forces.
1918.- It is based on the Soviet Union he Red Army under the impulse of León Trotsky.
1955.- San Juan of Puerto Rico the Puerto Rican Academy of the Spanish Language.
1958.- Danish company Lego I put your construction game of plastic pieces.
1979.- The writer Carmen Conde read your speech of admission to the Royal Spanish Language Academybecoming the first woman in that institution. Occupied the armchair ‘k’.
1985.- A group of artists records the song ‘We are the world‘, which reached number 1 of the sales lists and whose benefits were used to fight the Hunger in Ethiopia.
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2013.- The Queen Beatriz de Holland abdica in favor of your child Guillermo.
2019.- USA accuses Chinese technology giant Huawei of bank fraud and industrial espionage.
Births
1853.- José MartíCuban independence writer and politician.
1887.- Arthur RubinsteinAmerican pianist of Polish origin.
1892.- Ernst LubitschAmerican filmmaker born in Germany.
1916.- Virgilio FerreiraPortuguese philologist and writer.
1925.- Odón Alonso OrdásSpanish Orchestra Director.
1930.- Luis de PabloSpanish composer.
1931.- Lucia BoséItalian actress.
1936.- Alan AldaAmerican actor and film director.
.- Ismail KadareAlbanian writer.
1940.- Miguel BarnetCuban writer and ethnologist.
.- Carlos SlimMexican tycoon.
1944.- John TavenerBritish music composer.
[1945.- Robert WyattBritish musician.
1955.- Nicolas Sarkozyformer president of the French Republic.
1981.- Elijah WoodAmerican actor.
1982.- Martín CárdenasColombian motorcycling pilot.
1994.- Maluma (Juan Luis Londoño), Colombian singer.
1998.- Ariel WinterAmerican actress.
Deaths
1547.- Enrique VIIIKing of England.
1928.- Vicente Blasco IbáñezSpanish writer.
1939.- William Butler YeatsIrish poet.
1987.- Galo Plazaformer president of Ecuador.
1996.- Joseph A. BrodskyRussian writer of American nationality, Nobel Prize for Literature.
2002.- Astrid LindgrenSwedish writer, creator of ‘Pipi Calzaslargas’.
2015.- Carmen MorellCopla singer and Spanish actress.
2016.- Paul KantnerAmerican musician.
2023.- Adolfo PachecoColombian musician.
.- Lisa LoringAmerican actress.
.- Barrett StrongAmerican singer and composer.
