On September 3, 2017, North Korea tests its most powerful atomic bomb to date, a hydrogen bomb that can be attached to an intercontinental-range missile. OTHER ANNIVERSARIES 1539.- He Pope Paul III approves the first statutes of the Society of Jesus and the following year he confirmed them by papalContinue Reading
In another August 30thBut in 2021, the United States ended the longest war in its history with the withdrawal of its last soldiers from Afghanistan, almost 20 years after their deployment in the Central Asian country. OTHER ANNIVERSARIES 1848.- Costa Rica proclaims its full independence and establishes itself as aContinue Reading
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 transferredContinue Reading
In another August 27thbut in 2017, Tropical Storm Harvey produced “unprecedented floods” in Texas with more than 30 dead, 32,000 displaced and 100,000 homes affected. OTHER ANNIVERSARIES 1813.- Battle of Dresden (Germany): The Army of Napoleon defeat the troops of Austria, Prussia and Russia (Sixth Coalition). LOOK HERE: Betrayal, murderContinue Reading
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 aContinue Reading
