2023 – HUMAN SOLIDARITY. Since 2006, the International Day of Human Solidarity has been celebrated, established by the United Nations (UN) to promote its “fundamental value to relations between peoples to promote peace, human rights and economic and social development.”
According to the United Nations, the International Day of Human Solidarity is:
- A day to celebrate our unity in diversity;
- A day to remind governments of their need to honor their commitments to international agreements;
- A day to raise public awareness of the importance of solidarity;
- A day to encourage debate on ways to promote solidarity to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, including the goal of ending poverty;
- A day for action and seeking new initiatives to eradicate poverty.
More anniversaries
1930 – PIPO MANCERA. Radio and television presenter José Nicolás “Pipo” Mancera, pioneer of the “omnibus” format of general interest programs in Argentina, was born in the city of Buenos Aires. The nickname “Mr. Television” he received because of the popular program Sábados Circulares, which was broadcast between 1962 and 1974.
José Nicolás “Pipo” Mancera.
[1945-JUANDPERÓNDurch das Dekret 33.302 gründet der Vizepräsident der Nation und Minister für Arbeit und soziale Sicherheit Juan Domingo Perón das Nationale Vergütungsinstitut, das die Zahlung eines Bonus oder eines zusätzlichen Jahresgehalts an alle Arbeitnehmer vorsieht.
Juan Domingo Perón.
1947 – PETER CRISS. Der amerikanische Musiker und Komponist Peter Criss, Schlagzeuger und Gründer der Hardrock-Band Kiss, wurde im New Yorker Stadtteil Brooklyn geboren. Sein Künstlername ist Catman.
1948 – ALAN PARSONS. Der in London geborene Toningenieur, Musiker, Komponist und Plattenproduzent Alan Parsons war an der Veröffentlichung bedeutender Alben der Musikgeschichte beteiligt, wie „Abbey Road“ und „Let it Be“ der Beatles oder „The Dark Side of the Beatles“. Moon von Pink Floyd.
1977 – AZUCENA VILLAFLOR. Due to the “flight of death” of the last dictatorship, more and more bodies are turning up on the beaches of the resort towns of Santa Teresita and Mar del Tuyú in Buenos Aires, including that of Azucena Villaflor, co-founder of Madres de la Plaza de Mayo. Villaflor, whose remains were identified in 2005, had been kidnapped and tortured at the Navy's illegal Higher School of Mechanics detention center.
Azucena Villaflor, co-founder of Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo. She was kidnapped in 1977 and tortured in the Navy's illegal Higher School of Mechanics internment camp. (D&N / File)
1992 – BOCA JUNIORS. After eleven years of drought, Boca Juniors won the 1992 Apertura tournament with a 1-1 draw against San Martín de Tucumán in La Bombonera. Ricardo Solbes silenced the stadium as he scored Tucumán's goal until Claudio Benetti equalized for a Boca side led by Uruguayan Washington Tabarez.
1994 – TEQUILA EFFECT. Faced with a lack of reserves to cover payments to creditors, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, among other things, devalued the Mexican peso, triggering a crisis that was transmitted to the international level under the name “Tequila effect”.
Ernesto Zedillo, former president of Mexico. (AP/John Klicker/File)
2001 – WOMEN’S BRIDGE. In the Puerto Madero district, the 170 meter long and 6.20 meter wide Women's Bridge will be inaugurated on one of the docks of the old port terminal of the city of Buenos Aires. The bridge was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava Valls and depicts the image of a couple dancing tango.
The Women's Bridge in Puerto Madero is illuminated to commemorate 10 years of equal marriage.
2001 – FERNANDO DE LA RÚA. President Fernando De la Rúa resigns from office a day after declaring a state of siege, amid a serious social crisis and repressed protests that have left 39 dead and dozens injured.
Fernando de la Rua. (dyn/file)
Other anniversaries
1592.- Decree of Philip II declaring Havana a city.
1803.- France surrenders Louisiana to the United States.
1827.- The first federal law expelling Spaniards from Mexico is promulgated.
1860.-The South Carolina Assembly declares its union with the United States dissolved.
1903.- The ceremony of blessing the flag of the new Republic of Panama takes place.
1917.- The Pole Felix Dzerinsky founded the Cheka, the Russian Extraordinary Commission, the predecessor of the KGB secret service.
1943.- Coup d'etat in Bolivia, provoked by the nationalist party of Víctor Paz Estenssoro. Commander Gualberto Villarroel is appointed interim president.
1946.- Ho Chi Minh flees Hanoi after calling for an uprising against French colonial troops in Vietnam.
.- The film “It's a Wonderful Life” by Frank Cappa starring James Stewart and Donna Reed is released. One of the 100 best films in history that failed at the Oscars and at the box office.
1949.- The ballet “Beauty and the Beast” premieres in London, with choreography by John Cranko and music by Maurice Ravel and the outstanding performance of dancers Patricia Miller and David Poole.
1957.- Europa Press (EP), the first private news agency in Spain, is founded.
1962.- Juan Bosch, candidate of the Revolutionary Party, wins the presidential election in the Dominican Republic.
.- Juan Bosch, candidate of the Revolutionary Party, wins the presidential elections in the Dominican Republic.
1967.- The film “The Graduate” with Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft is released.
1971. – A group of French doctors founded the NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Paris.
1983.- Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyal Palestinians leave Tripoli (Lebanon) under the protection of the United Nations.
.- The Constitution of El Salvador comes into force after being approved five days earlier by the Constituent Assembly after nine months of debate.
1988.- Representatives of 49 countries sign the UN Convention against Drug Trafficking in Vienna.
1989: American troops invade Panama to overthrow General Manuel Antonio Noriega.
1999.- After 443 years of Portuguese colonial rule, China gains sovereignty over Macau from Portugal.
2002.- John Paul II promulgates the decrees recognizing heroic virtues and a miracle through the intercession of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, as well as the decree declaring the Spanish nun Sister Angela de la Cruz a saint.
.- The Presidents of Brazil, Peru and Bolivia inaugurate the first section of the transoceanic highway that will connect the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
2004.- The police arrested Juan Carlos Ruiz Trujillo in Antioquía (Colombia), one of the main actors in money laundering through drug trafficking.
2008.- The Bolivian government announces the end of illiteracy in the Andean country. It is the third largest country in Latin America after Cuba and Venezuela.
2010.- Cuba abolishes the 10 percent tax on dollar transfers from abroad.
2012.- Bolivian President Evo Morales pardons 1,900 inmates after a week of protests and unrest in the country's prisons.
2014. – First day of the unilateral ceasefire agreed upon by the Colombian FARC guerrillas.
2017.- The National Constituent Assembly of Venezuela abolishes the office of mayor of the metropolis of Caracas.
.- The US Congress finally approves Trump's tax reform, which brings with it the largest tax cut since 1986.
2018.- The Supreme Court sets compensation for the oil spill caused by the sinking of the “Prestige” at more than 1.5 billion euros.
2019.- The British Parliament agrees to leave the EU on January 31st.
BIRTH
1875.- Domingo Martínez Luján, Peruvian poet.
1916.- Gonzalo Rojas, Chilean poet.
1922.- George Roy Hill, American film director.
1935.- Valerio Lazarov, Spanish television producer of Romanian origin.
1947.- Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer.
DEATHS
1911.- Joan Maragall, Spanish poet.
1924.- Ricardo Bellver, Spanish sculptor.
1968.- John Steinbeck, American writer.
1982.- Arthur Rubinstein, Polish pianist.
1996.- Carl Sagan, American astronomer and science communicator.
2016.- Michele Morgan, French actress
Source: own and agencies.