World.- October 28 is a date that features different important events throughout history in the world, some of those events for example are: Queen’s album “News of the World” is released; Also, in Argentina, Cristina Fernández Kirchner wins the presidential election; And also, in Brazil, the far-rightIst Jair Bolsonaro wins the presidential election with 55.54% of the EFEMÉRIDESOTRAS votes
1746.- An earthquake and tsunami off the coast of Peru almost completely destroys the country’s capital, Lima.
1790.- It is agreed in El Escorial (Madrid) the convention by which Spain renounces, in favor of England, its rights on the west coast of North America from 48 degrees latitude.
1836.- General Andrés Santa Cruz proclaims the Confederation of Bolivia and Peru, in order to create a Confederate state linking the territories of the two countries.
1886.- In the United States, President Grover Cleveland inaugurates the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe Island in New York, now known as Liberty Island.
1892.- Charles-Emile Reynaud, inventor and pioneer of cinema, presents in the Grevin museum in Paris his “Luminous Pantomimes”, considered the first drawing films.
1918.- The independence of Czechoslovakia is proclaimed in Prague after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian empire after the end of World War I.
1924.- France recognizes the government of the Soviet Union.
1937.- It is proclaimed of the independent state of Inner Mongolia, one of the five autonomous regions that make up the People’s Republic of China.
1962.- The Soviet Union withdraws missiles installed in Cuba and the United States undertakes not to invade the island, ending the so-called “missile crisis”.
1977.- Queen’s album “News of the World” is released.
Queen
1991.- The Presidents of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala inaugurate the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) in Guatemala City.
1998.- The High Court of England and Wales determines that Pinochet, who was pre-emptively detained in a London clinic, enjoys immunity as a former head of state.
1999.- The Parliament of Montenegro issues a law establishing the existence of a Montenegrin nationality and not a Yugoslav citizenship, as before.
2007.- In Argentina, Cristina Fernández Kirchner wins the presidential election.
Cristina Fernández Kirchner
2011.- The U.S. space agency, Nasa, launches the NPP weather observation satellite, the first mission to gather long-term weather and climate change information.
2013.- The Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) and the Government of Colombia agree to make the Colombian port of Buenaventura “capital” of the Pacific Alliance.
2014.- The UN General Assembly demands, for the twenty-third consecutive year, the end of the embargo on Cuba.
2016.- It is decided in Australia to create a protected area of 1.55 million km in the Ross Sea (Antarctica), the largest marine reserve in the world.
2018.- In Brazil, the far right-winger Jair Bolsonaro wins the presidential election with 55.54% of the vote.
Jair Bolsonaro
2019.- In Argentina, peronist Alberto Fernández is proclaimed the winner of the presidential election.
Births
1466.- Erasmo of Rotterdam, Dutch humanist writer.
1866.- Ramón María del Valle Inclán, Spanish writer.
1926.- Jorge Siles Salinas, Bolivian writer and academic.
1930.- Bernard Charles Ecclestone, English formula 1 pattern.
1931.- Analía Gadé, Argentine actress.
1943.- Charo López, Spanish actress.
Bill Gates, computer scientist, American businessman.
Stephen Paul David Morris, Stephen Morris, British musician.
Eros Ramazzotti, Italian singer.
1967.- Julia Roberts, American actress
1974.- Joaquín Phoenix, Puerto Rican actor.
1987.- Frank Ocean, “Frank”, American rap singer and songwriter.
Deaths
1704.- John Locke, English philosopher.
1977.- Miguel Mihura, Spanish writer, cartoonist and comedian.
1999.- Rafael Alberti, Spanish poet.
2007.- Bao Zunxin, Chinese scientist and opposition leader.
2014.- José María Manzanares, Spanish bullfighter.