2023 – GAUCHO DAY. National Gaucho Day is celebrated in commemoration of the date in 1872 on which El Gaucho Martín Fierro was published, a narrative poem by José Hernández considered a masterpiece of Argentine gaucho literature. The sequel was published in 1879: The Return of Martín Fierro.
The date was officially established on December 15, 1993 by Law No. 24303. Decree 1096/96 provided, as part of this law, for the creation of a National Gaucho Commission within the jurisdiction of the then Secretariat of Culture of the Nation, to carry out actions and events leading to the celebration of “National Gaucho Day”.
Gaucho Martín Fierro, in the monastery of Izurieta. (The Voice / Archive)
According to the nation’s Ministry of Culture, a gaucho in Argentina is known as a “distinctive inhabitant of the plains and adjacent areas, distinguished by his condition as a skilled horseman and by his connection to the proliferation of cattle in the region,” as well as the resulting economic benefits and cultural activities, particularly meat consumption and the use of leather.”
Ephemeris. National Gaucho Day. (illustrative image)
More anniversaries
1810 – SUPPRESSION OF HONOR. The lawyer Mariano Moreno, secretary of the First Council of Government that emerged from the May Revolution of 1810, dictates the decree on “suppression of honors”, which stipulates that officials must enjoy the same treatment as the rest of the citizens of the Viceroyalty of Silver River.
Mariano Moreno.
1868 – LISANDRO DE LA TORRE. Born in the town of Rosario, Santa Fe, the lawyer, writer and politician Lisandro de la Torre denounced monopolistic maneuvers and corruption in favor of British companies for the export of beef during the presidency of Agustín Pedro Justo (1932-1938), the so-called “infamous decade.” “ of Argentine history.
Lisandro de la Torre.
1880 – ARGENTINE CAPITAL. The law passed by the National Congress on September 20, 1880 federalizes the city of Buenos Aires, which is separated from the province of the same name and becomes the capital of the Argentine Republic.
1943 – SANTO BIASATTI. Buenos Aires-born journalist and television presenter Santo Biasatti won nine Martín Fierro Awards and two Konex Awards in a career spanning more than 50 years.
Saint Biasatti. (The Voice / Archive)
1968 – Beggar’s Banquet. The Rolling Stones release the album Beggars Banquet in London, the British rock band’s seventh studio album and one of their best works. Contains the songs Sympathy for the Devil and Street Fighting Man.
1969 – ALTAMONT TRAGEDY. When the Rolling Stones gave a free concert in front of around 300,000 fans at the Altamont Rock Festival in Livermore (California, USA), a violent altercation broke out in which four people died and dozens were injured. The “Altamont Tragedy” involved Los Angeles del Infierno, a motorcycle gang with a history of racist and sexist violence that was responsible for security at the festival.
Altamont tragedy. Mick Jagger stops playing at the Altamont Rock Festival in Livermore, California on December 6, 1969. (AP/File)
2003 – BETO ACOSTA. Striker Alberto “Beto” Acosta will play his last game in the First Division in the San Lorenzo jersey. It was “Ciclón”‘s 4-1 win against Vélez Sársfield, one of which he scored with a penalty from “Beto” Acosta, who thus reached the mark of 300 goals in his career.
Beto Acosta. (Archive)
2009 – LIVE AT THE RIVER PLATE. Australian hard rock band AC/DC performs their third and final concert at the Monumental Stadium in River Plate, days filmed in high definition for the Live at River Plate DVD documenting the Black Ice Tour, released in 2011 was the last live concert DVD from AC/DC, formed in Sydney in 1973 by Scottish brothers Malcolm and Angus Young.
2009 – LIONEL MESSI. At a ceremony in Paris, Spanish Barcelona striker Lionel Messi receives the first of the eight International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) Ballon d’Or trophies he has won in his career, naming him the best player in the world .
Messi won the 2009 Ballon d’Or alongside his brothers Matías, Marisol and Rodrigo.
Other anniversaries
1534.- Founding of the city of San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador) by Sebastián de Belalcázar and Diego de Almagro.
1810.- The Mexican priest Hidalgo decrees the freedom of the slaves.
1820.- Battle of Pasco (Peru), in which the Spaniard Juan Antonio Álvarez Arenales, at the head of the American troops, defeated the royal army commanded by O’Reilly.
1842.- Fructuoso Rivera, constitutional president of Uruguay and leader of the Colorado Party, loses military control of the country after his army is defeated by Manuel Oribe’s troops at the Battle of Arroyo Grande.
1866.- The Argentine general Felipe Varela proclaims a manifesto of rebellion against the government of Bartolomé Miter, an uprising that was crushed the following April 1st.
1877.- The Washington Post newspaper is founded.
1880.- The decree establishing Buenos Aires as the capital of Argentina is promulgated.
1883.- The Constituent Assembly approved the political constitution of the Republic of El Salvador.
1914.- The Mexican revolutionary leaders Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata triumphantly enter the Mexican capital.
1917.- Finland declares itself an independent state.
1978.- The Spanish approve the new constitution in a referendum.
1992.- The Swiss vote in a referendum against the Swiss Confederation’s accession to the European Economic Area.
.- More than 200 people die in riots by Hindu fundamentalists who demolished a mosque in Ayodhya in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.
1989: Marc Lépine, a 25-year-old anti-feminist, murders 14 women at the Montreal Engineering School (Canada) and wounds 13 other people before committing suicide.
1982: Guatemalan armed forces carry out the “Dos Erres massacre” in a village in La Libertad department, killing at least 162 of its residents, including 67 boys and girls under 12 years old.
2001.- New Zealand sailor Peter Blake, winner of the 1995 and 2000 America’s Cup, was murdered.
2002.- The countries of Mercosur and the Andean Community sign an agreement in Brasilia to establish a South American free trade area.
2004.- Cuba releases journalist Jorge Olivera Castillo, the seventh Group of 75 opponent to be released.
.- 12 people die in an Al-Qaeda attack on the US Consulate in the city of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).
2005: 116 people die when a Hercules C-130 military plane loaded with civilians crashes into a building on the outskirts of the Iranian city of Tehran.
2007.- The collision of a Hong Kong oil tanker with a South Korean cargo ship resulted in the spill of 10,000 tons of crude oil off South Korea.
2009.- Evo Morales, re-elected President of Bolivia with more than 60% of the vote.
2011. – Several hundred Russian opponents were arrested on the second day of protests against fraud in the parliamentary elections.
2012. – S&P lowers Greece’s rating to the level of selective default.
2014. – Former Chinese security minister Zhou Yongkang was arrested and expelled from the Communist Party (CCP) on charges of corruption and leaking state secrets.
2015. – The opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) alliance wins the general elections in Venezuela with 99 MPs compared to 46 for Chavismo.
.- The opposition Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) alliance wins the general elections in Venezuela after gaining 99 MPs compared to 46 for Chavismo.
2016.- Angela Merkel is re-elected President of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) of Germany.
2017.- US President Donald Trump announces the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and orders the US embassy to be moved there.
2020.- According to the National Electoral Council, Chavismo wins 91% of the seats in Venezuela’s new parliament in the December 6 general elections. They were not recognized by either the OAS or the EU and there was an abstention rate of 69.50%.
2021.- Burmese opposition activist Suu Kyi is sentenced to four years in prison.
BIRTH
1778.- Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist.
1900.- Germán Arciniegas, Colombian writer and historian.
1929.- Alain Tanner, Swiss filmmaker.
1942.- Peter Handke, Austrian writer and filmmaker.
1993.- Elián González Brotons, the Cuban rafter boy brought back to Cuba by the USA.
DEATHS
1873.- Manuel Acuña, Mexican romantic poet.
1892.- Werner Siemens, German engineer and industrialist.
2002.- Antonio Caponnetto, Italian judge who fought against the mafia.
2004.- José Ortega Heredia “Manzanita”, Spanish singer.
2005.- Charly Gaul, former Luxembourg cyclist.
2008.- Martha “Sunny” von Bülow, American millionaire, was in a coma for 28 years.
2017.- Johnny Hallyday, French singer.
2018.- Joseph Joffo, French writer.
2020.- Tabaré Vázquez, former Uruguayan president
2021.- Masayuki Uemura, Japanese computer engineer and video game producer.
.- Mila Moreira, Brazilian actress and author.
Source: own and agencies.