He March 29th It is a date full of events and anniversaries, both for the birth of some celebrities and for historical events that would mark the course of our country and the planet.
In 1829at the age of 69 dies in Buenos Aires Cornelio Saavedra, who served as head of the Patricios Regiment for face the second English invasion. He was also one of the architects of the May Revolution when he was elected to the throne in 1810 Chairman of the First Board Autonomous Government of Spain.
In 1905the poet and journalist was born in Buenos Aires Raul Gonzalez Tunon. He worked as a travel chronicler and art critic in the newspaper Crítica and contributed to the literary magazine Martín Fierro.
Out of 1962 Argentine anniversaries take on an even more complex and heartbreaking political meaning: On March 29 of this year a Military coup arrests and overthrows then-President Arturo Frondizi. Invoking the Law of Acephalia, the provisional president of the Senate, José María Guido, took over as head of state and extended his mandate until October 1963. That year he finally handed power to Arturo Illia, who won the elections under the ban on Peronism .
In 1976, Jorge Rafael Videla assumes the presidency of the nation under the regime of civil-military dictatorship. The coup took place on March 24, and so Videla became the first president of this dark era. He was convicted of crimes against humanity and state terrorism and held politically responsible for the disappearance of more than 30,000 people: He died in a common prison sentenced to life.
In 1981 the lieutenant general Robert Viola assumes the presidency of the nation under the same regime established in 1976 in the context of a weakened military junta and the imminent return of democracy.
Pico Monaco was born in 1984.
In 1984the former tennis player and TV presenter, was born in Tandil Juan “Pico” Monaco, winner of two ATP 500 and seven ATP 250 tournaments, has remained in the top 100 of the Association of Professional Tennis Players rankings for twelve consecutive years. His best finish was tenth in July 2012.
In 1986was legalized in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) the sale of records by the British pop-rock band The Beatles, which until then had been smuggled into the Eastern Bloc or listed on pirated cassettes.
In 2006 there was one total solar eclipse which began in northeastern Brazil and ended in northeastern Mongolia.