translated from Spanish: Ephemeris of February 25, 2020

1541.- The conqueror Pedro de Valdivia begins the work of the foundation of the city of Santiago de Chile.
1675.- Real Cédula authorizing the Mint of Mexico City to mint gold currency like that of Spain.
1778.- José San Martín is born, Argentine general, liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru.
1841.- Pierre Auguste Renoir, French Impressionist painter, is born.
1853.- Félix Varela Morales, Cuban intellectual and patriot, dies.
1861.- Santiago Rusiñol, Spanish painter, is born.
1873.- Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor, is born.
1905.- The works of the Simplon tunnel, which connects Switzerland with Italy, are completed.
1908.- Born Domingo Ortega, Spanish bull killer.
1922.- Miguel Othon Robledo, Mexican poet, dies.
1925.- Kurdish uprising in Turkey against Mustafa Kemal.
1927.- The Italian aviator De Pinedo arrives in Bahia (Brazil) after making the Crossing of the Atlantic.
1940.- Jesús López Cobos, Spanish conductor, is born.
1941.- General strike of the Amsterdam workers against anti-Semitic measures taken by the German occupiers.
1943.- George Harrison, British singer-songwriter, is born, a member of the Beatles.
1944.- Resign General Ramirez, Argentine president, and is replaced by General Farrell.
1947.- Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón proclaims the ten points on worker’s rights before the Assembly of the General Labour Federation.
1948.- The Czech communists, aided by Soviet forces, seize power in Czechoslovakia.
1949.- Amin Maalouf, Lebanese writer, is born.
1953.- José María Aznar, former president of the Spanish Government, is born.
1956.- Nikita Kruschev denounces serious Stalinist practices in a secret session of the XX Congress of the PCUS.
1961.- Kuwait gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1963.- Ignacio (“Nacho”) Cano, Spanish musician, is born.
1968.- Archbishop Makarios, elected President of Cyprus.
1979.- Heinrich Fokker, German aeronautical builder, dies.
1980.- Military coup in Suriname.
1981.- Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo is elected President of the Spanish Government in Parliament, following the resignation of Adolfo Suárez.
1983.- Tennessee Williams, American playwright, dies.
1984.- A pipeline explodes in Cubatao (Brazil) and causes 68 deaths and 200 injuries.
1986.- Corazón Aquino is sworn in as president of the Philippines.
1989.- US President George Bush arrives in Beijing to consolidate relations between the two countries and support the reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping.
1990.- The National Opposition Union of Violeta Chamorro, wins in the nicaraguan elections.
1991.- The Government of Iraq orders the abandonment of Kuwait, a country that its troops had invaded.
1994.- 29 Palestinians are killed and 250 wounded in the Temple of the Patriarchs of Hebron (West Bank) when the Jewish extremist Baruj Goldstein, who later committed suicide, shot indiscriminately at them.
1994.- Raúl Giménez, Argentine actor, dies.
1995.- Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter, one of the highest representatives of the Viennese School of “fantastic realism”, dies.
1996.- Teodoro Obiang, in power since 1979, is re-elected president of Equatorial Guinea.
2001.- Deputy Commander Marcos begins the Zapatista march to Mexico City.
2003.- Alberto Sordi, Italian actor and director, dies.
2005.- British lawyer, founder of Amnesty International, dies Peter Benenson.
2008.- Spanish actor Javier Bardem wins the Best Supporting Actor For “Not A Place for Old People” by the Coen Brothers.



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