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

World.- In the ephemeris of this September 3, several important ones that marked the history of humanity stand out, for example: in 1953, the “Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms” prepared by the Council of Europe and inspired by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights enters into force. 1539.- Pope Paul III approves the first statutes of the Society of Jesus and the following year officially confirms them by papal bull.1783.- Signing, in Paris, of the peace treaty that ends the War of Independence of the American colonies of Great Britain and George III renounces his overseas possessions after eight years of confrontations.1816.- Shot the Ecuadorian commander Carlos de Montúfar, son of the hero Juan Pío de Montúfar, in Buga (Colombia).1930.- A cyclone devastates Santo Domingo and some 3,000 people die. It is the most harmful that is remembered in the capital of the Dominican Republic.1934.- The Mexican intellectual Daniel Cosío Villegas founds the Fondo de Cultura Económica, one of the most important publishers of Mexico in Ibero-America.1939.- After the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, Great Britain and France declare war on that country, while Belgium declares itself neutral.1943.- The Government of Marshal Pietro Badoglio signs the surrender of Italy to the allied forces, during the Second World War.1959.- Arrest in Argentina of 14 generals: The garrison of Córdoba warns that they only carry out orders from the deposed General Toranzo.1971.- The embalmed corpse of the former first lady Eva Duarte de Perón, Evita, (died in 1952) is delivered, in Madrid, to her husband, General Juan Domingo Perón, former president of Argentina, after being disappeared 16 years.1971.- The emirate of Qatar declares independence and ceases to be a British protectorate under the control of Emir Ahmed bin Ali al Thani.1980.- The Chinese president, Hua Goufeng, confirms his resignation and announces as successor Zhao Ziyang.1982.- The Mafia assassinates in Palermo General Carlo Alberto Della Chiesa, in charge of fighting terrorism and the Mafia in Italy, and his wife.1994.- China and Russia agree to control nuclear weapons and stop targeting missiles.1996.- The US launches two attacks with 44 Tomahawk cruise missiles against military targets in Iraq in retaliation for the Iraqi anti-Kurdish intervention in the “exclusion zone”.1998.- A Swissair MD-11 aircraft explodes in mid-flight off the coast of Nova Scotia (Canada) and 229 people die.2001.- FAO warns of the serious crisis Twenty-four countries sign in Peru the Amazon River Declaration to reduce poverty and promote ecological tourism.2004.- 331 dead, including 186 children, is the outcome of the kidnapping of a school in Beslan (North Ossetia, Russia) by 32 Chechen terrorists.2005.- Some 1,200 paramilitaries of the “Centauros Bloc” of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) surrender their weapons.2008.- The Greek leaders and Turkish Cypriot opens a direct negotiating process to reunify the island, divided since 1974.2009.- Michael Jackson is buried in the Californian Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, two months after his death.2011.- Monsoon rains leave in Pakistan the worst floods in its history, with a result of 350 deaths.2015.- The recently resigned president of Guatemala, Otto Pérez Molina enters prison accused of corruption.2016.- The Chinese Parliament ratifies the agreement reached at the Paris climate summit 2015 (COP21). It is also ratified by US President Barack Obama during his visit to China for the G20 Summit.2017.- North Korea tests its most powerful atomic bomb to date.2019.- The British Parliament approves processing a law against a hard “Brexit” and against British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, which prevents a no-deal exit from the EU. Read more: Signs of indigenous cultural resistance found on the outskirts of Tlatelolco after the Conquest2020.- Researchers sequence the genome of the red gorgonian, Mediterranean coral threatened by climate change. Important advance to understand the impact of global warming on marine biodiversity.Who was born on September 3? 1875.- Ferdinand Porsche, founder of Porsche.1884.- General Francisco J. Múgica, Mexican politician. ideological mentor of President Lázaro Cárdenas.1926.- Irene Papas, Greek actress.1928.- Renán Flores Jaramillo, Ecuadorian writer.1965.- Charlie Sheen, American actor.Who died on September 3? 1658.- Oliver Cromwell, British statesman.1883.- Ivan Turgenev, Russian novelist.1948.- Edvard Benes, former president and co-founder of the RepublicCzechoslovakia.1991.- Frank Capra, Italian-American film director.1998.- Espartaco Santoni, Venezuelan actor and producer.2010.- Mike Edwards, British musician.2012.- Sun-Myung Moon, founder of the “Church of Unification”, Moon Sect.2017.- Ultiminio ‘Sugar’ Ramos, Cuban former world boxing champion.2019.- Peter Lindbergh, German photographer of the models.2020.- Luis Marroquín, former football coach of Colombia



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