translated from Spanish: What happened on a day like today?


World.- In the ephemeris of this August 19 highlight several important that marked the history of humanity, for example: in 1991 there was a failed coup d’état against the Soviet president, Mikhail Gorbachev. Boris Yeltsin, president of the Russian Federation, led a movement against the military uprising and, two days later, Gorbachev regained power.What are the ephemeris of August 19? 1811.- The American Supreme National Junta is established in Zitácuaro (Mexico) and is the first governing body created by the insurgents during the War of Independence of Mexico.1825.- Juan Martín Díaz “El Empecinado”, guerrilla leader of the Spanish War of Independence, is executed by hanging in Roa de Duero (Burgos).1839.- The French Academy of Sciences announces the invention of the daguerreotype, the first clear antecedent of modern photography, and buys the patent.1847.- The U.S. troops of General Winfield Scott begin the Battle of Padierna during the war with Mexico.1858.- The Nicaraguan authorities proclaim a new Constitution, which creates the institution of President of the Republic to replace that of Supreme Director, established in 1838.1934.- A 90% of voters validates in plebiscite the concentration of power of Hitler in the headquarters of the State and Government.1940.- Mexico enacts the Law of Compulsory Military Service.1953.- A coup d’état in Iran overthrows the democratically elected Prime Minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, in favor of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.1966.- More than 2,500 people die after an earthquake of 7.2 degrees occurred in the Turkish province of Mus.1983.- Some 10,000 people demonstrate in Buenos Aires against the Amnesty Law that the Argentine military government intends to enact.1989.- The President of Colombia, Virgilio Barco, declares war on drug trafficking with measures such as the extradition of drug traffickers, the kidnapping of drug trafficking assets and the preventive detention without judicial charges of suspected members of a narcoterrorist organization.1994.- The first quota of the 46,000 Cuban rafters intercepted by the United States arrive at the Guantánamo base.2003.- THE UN Representative Sergio Vieira de Mello, Spanish Navy Captain Manuel Martín Oar and 21 other people are killed when a truck bomb explodes near the UN headquarters in Baghdad, an attack claimed by the “Armed Vanguards of the Second Army of Muhammad”.2003.- Former President of Honduras Carlos Roberto Reina, 77, dies in Tegucigalpa, after undergoing surgery in the U.S..2010.- Intel announces the acquisition of the antivirus company McAfee for 7,680 million dollars, about 5,964 million euros.2010.- The last U.S. troops leave Iraq, a moment that marks the end of Operation Iraqi Freedom that began in 2003 with the invasion of the Arab country.     2013.- New Zealand gives the “yes, I want” to same-sex marriage, when the law authorizing same-sex marriage comes into force.2014.- Jihadist forums show a video of the beheading of american journalist James Wright Foley, kidnapped in Syria by the Islamic State (IS) in 2012, and whose authenticity was confirmed by the White House the next day. Read more: Biden accepts that the U.S. military would stay in Afghanistan longer than expected2016.- Florida confirms the first five cases of indigenous Zika in Miami Beach, in a complicated year due to the spread of the virus across America.2020.- Tech giant Apple becomes the first U.S. company to reach two trillion dollars in stock market value and the second worldwide after Saudi state oil company Saudi Aramco, who got it in 2019.Who was born on August 19? 1398.- Iñigo López de Mendoza, Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet and soldier.1750.- Antonio Salieri, Italian musician.1800.- Juan José Flores, Venezuelan military officer and first president of Ecuador.1849.- Joaquín Nabuco de Araujo, Brazilian thinker and abolitionist.1883.- Coco Chanel, pseudonym of Gabrielle Chanel, French fashion designer.1906.- Philo Taylor Farnsworth, inventor of the first fully electronic television.1919.- Malcom Forbes, American millionaire.1934.- Joaquín Benito de Lucas, Spanish poet and professor.1946.- William (Bill) Jefferson Clinton, former president of the U.S..1953.- Nanni Moreti, Italian filmmaker.1965.- María de Medeiros, Portuguese actress.1971.- Mary Jo Fernández, American tennis player.1987.- Nicolas Hülkenberg, German racing driver.1998.- Dulce y Agraz, Chilean singer-songwriter.2002.- Brighton Sharbino, American actress.¿Quién murió un 19 de agosto? 1662.- Blas Pascal, French philosopher and scientist.1790.- Ignaz Franz, German theologian.1822.- Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, mathematic and French astronomer.1959.- Jacob Epstein, British sculptor.1977.- Groucho Marx, American comic actor.1988.- Jean Paul Aron, French writer.1995.- Pierre Schaffer, French composer.2002.- Eduardo Chillida, Gipuzkoan sculptor.2015.- Lina Morgan, Spanish actress and businesswoman.2017.- Concha Valdés, Cuban composer and performer.2017.- Dick Gregory, American comedian and activist.2020.- Ben Cross, actor who played the athlete Harold Abrahams in “Carros de fuego”.



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