In a but in 2016, the British musician and singer died one of the great pop-rock innovators who popularized the “glam rock” of the seventies and eighties, and author of classics such as “Starman” and “Space Oddity.”

Other anniversaries

1863.- The London Underground, the first underground railway in the world, with a length of 6 kilometers, comes into operation.

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1920.- The Treaty of Versailles comes into force.

1927.- The science fiction film ‘Metropolis’, by Fritz Lang, is released.

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1929.- ‘Tintin’, by Hergé, is born in a Belgian newspaper.

1941.- The German-Soviet pact is signed in Berlin, delimiting the new borders between the two countries.

1946.- The first United Nations General Assembly begins in London.

.- The US Department of Defense establishes contact with the Moon through radar.

1958.- The Spanish Government approves the reorganization of the territories of Ifni and Sahara, which become provinces.

1990.- The companies Time Inc. and Warner Communications merge, giving rise to Time Warner.

1994.- The heads of State and Government of NATO agree to the creation of the Association for Peace, to integrate countries of the defunct Warsaw Pact.

1995.- King Juan Carlos and Jimmy Carter, former president of the United States, awarded the UNESCO Peace Prize.

2001.- Actress Jeanne Moreau becomes the first female full member of the French Academy of Fine Arts.

2003.- North Korea abandons the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Agency.

2008.- Colombian politicians Clara Rojas and Consuelo González de Perdomo are released by the FARC.

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2011.- ETA announces a “permanent, general and verifiable” ceasefire.

2019.- Nicolás Maduro is sworn in for a second term as president of Venezuela, questioned by many foreign governments.

2021.- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is appointed general secretary of the Workers’ Party, a position previously held by his father and grandfather.

2023.- Prince Henry’s memoirs flood bookstores in the United Kingdom.

Births

1880.- Manuel Azaña, president of the Second Spanish Republic.

1893.- Vicente Huidobro, Chilean poet.

1898.- Katharine Blodgett, American physicist and inventor.

1924.- Eduardo Chillida, Spanish sculptor.

1928.- Manuel Alcántara, Spanish writer and journalist.

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1948.- Guillermo Montesinos, Spanish actor.

1949.- George Foreman, American boxer, former world champion.

1954.- Margarita Mariscal of Ghent, Spanish judge and former minister.

1956.- Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish writer and academic.

1973.- Iker Jiménez, Spanish journalist.

1976.- David Muñoz, Spanish singer, member, with his brother Jose, of the duo ‘Estopa’.

1984.- Marta Ortega, Spanish businesswoman, daughter of the founder of Inditex, Amancio Ortega.

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1985.- Martiño Rivas, Spanish actor.

1993.- Rauw Alejandro (Raúl Alejandro Ocasio), Puerto Rican singer and composer.

2006.- Angelina Jordan, Norwegian singer and songwriter.

Deaths

1778.- Carlos Linnaeus, Swedish botanist.

1917.- William Frederick ‘Buffalo Bill’ Cody, American adventurer.

1951.- Sinclair Lewis, American writer.

1957.- Gabriela Mistral -pseudonym of Lucila Godoy Alcayaga-, Chilean poet, Nobel Prize in Literature 1945.

1971.- Coco Chanel, pseudonym of Gabrielle Chanel, French fashion designer.

1995.- Gabriel Aragón, “Gaby”, Spanish clown.

2005.- José Manuel Pérez, ‘El Carni’, Spanish motorcycle racer (after suffering an accident in the Dakar rally).

2007.- Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer and husband of Sofía Loren.

2009.- Giorgio Mondadori, Italian editor.

2011.- Juanito Navarro, Spanish comic actor.

.- María Elena Walsh, Argentine writer and composer.

2015.- Robert Stone, American writer.

.- Francesco Rosi, Italian film director.

2016.- David Bowie, British musician.

2017.- Roman Herzog, president of Germany between 1994 and 1999.

.- Clare Hollingworth, British journalist and war correspondent.

2018.- Eddie Clarke, British guitarist of the group Motorhead.

2022.- Ciro Durán, Colombian filmmaker.

2023.- Constantine II, last king of Greece.

.- Jeff Beck, British rock guitarist.

2024.- César Alierta, former president of Telefónica.

2025.- Paquita Ors, pioneer of Spanish pharmacy and cosmetics.



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