1458.- Iñigo López de Mendoza dies, Marquis de Santillana, Spanish writer.1614.- Juan Carreño de Miranda, chamber painter of Carlos II.1752.- Sinking of most of the cathedral of Buenos Aires is born. After its reconstruction, it was reopened to worship on 25 March 1791.1793.- Spain declares war on the French Republic.1806.- Venezuelan patriot Francisco Miranda attempts to land with three ships in Ocumare (Venezuela), but is rejected by the royal forces and has to retreat to the island of Trinidad.1808.- José de Espronceda, Spanish romantic poet is born.1814.- Venezuelan patriots triumph in San Mateo.1824.- The Emperor of Brazil, Pedro I, swears a liberal Constitution presented by the Council presented by the Council State.1825.- Performed for the first time the “Ninth Symphony” of Beethoven.1835.- The first booklet of the Tales of Andersen appears.1867.- Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor is born.1876.- First cycling competition in history, held, held in Cambridge, to set the record of the hour, achieved by the English Dodds, in 25 kilometers and 598 meters.1881.- Bela Bartok, Hungarian composer.1908.- David Lean, British film director.1909.- Fallece Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer.1914 is born.- David Lean, British film director is born.- Fallece Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer.1914.- Born David Lean, British film director.1909.- Fallece Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer.1914.- Born David Lean, British film director.1909.- Fallece Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer.1914.- Born David Lean, British film director.1909.- Fallece Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer.1914.- Born David Lean, British film director.1909.- Fallece Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer.1914.- Born David Lean, British film director.1909.- Fallece Ruperto Chapí, Spanish composer Norman Ernest Borlaug, scientist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1970.- Frederic Mistral, French poet, dies. Nobel Prize 1904.1917.- Abolition of the death penalty in Russia.1918.- Death Claude Debussy, French composer.1921.- Simone Signoret, German-born french film actress, is born.1923.- The Fifth International Conference begins in Santiago de Chile. signed the Treaty of Gondra, for the settlement of conflicts between American States.1924.- Proclamation of the Republic in Greece.1926.- Laszlo Papp, Hungarian boxer is born.1933.- Suppressed in Germany free trade unions.- Encarna Paso, actress, born Spanish.1937.- Egypt is admitted to the League of Nations.1941.- Florencio Parravicini, Argentine actor and playwright dies.1947.- Elton John, British singer and composer,1953.- Coronation of King Hussein of Jordan.1957.- The Treaties of Rome, constituting the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom).1962.- Attacks by the OAS in Algeria: 110 people are killed and 147 injured.- Auguste Piccard, Swiss researcher.1984, dies. Nicaragua.1991.- Marcel Lefebvre, French traditionalist bishop, critic of the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.- The last American soldiers stationed in Somalia leave the country, the day after the signing of a treaty of peace between guerrilla leaders.1996.- The EU Veterinary Committee prohibits exports of British beef and its derived products because of “mad cow” disease.1998.- The European Commission rules that eleven countries, including Spain, can adopting the euro from January 1, 1999.- The Argentine Upper House repeals the Laws of End Point and Obedience Due to the release of criminal responsibility to hundreds of military personnel accused of crimes against humanity, committed during the dictatorship.1999.- The Paraguayan Senate begins the political trial to dismiss the president, Raúl Cubas.2001.- Russia and Japan sign in Siberia the first concrete advance in almost 50 years about their old dispute over the sovereignty of the Kuril Islands, an obstacle to the signing of a Treaty Peace, pending since World War II.- A wave of attacks on judges and threats to politicians shakes Guatemala, after the start of the trial against three military personnel, accused of the assassination of Bishop Gerardi in 1998.2002.-An Islamic court in Nigeria acquits Safiya Husaini, who had been sentenced to death stoned by adultery.- A 6.7 richter-scale earthquake kills 700 people in Afghanistan’s Baglan province.- Hundreds of Argentines form long queues to buy dollars from a dozen banks, which by order of the Central Bank sell them cheaper than the exchange agencies.2004.- Francisco “Paco” Igartua, Peruvian journalist dies.-Deogracias Fonseca Espinosa, 98, former military president of Colombia.- Death andranik Markarián, 55, first, first Minister of Armenia.2008.- Ford sells its British brands Jaguar and Land Rover to India’s Tata Motors.- Death Josep Benet i Morell, historian, politician and editor, 87 years.2009.- John Hope Franklin, American historian.
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