1932 – UMBERTO ECO. The Italian semiologist, philosopher and writer Umberto Eco, author of the novel “The Name of the Rose” (1980), on which the French filmmaker's film of the same name (1986) was based, was born in the city of Alessandria (Piedmont, Italy). Jean-Jacques Annaud and with Sean Connery.
Umberto Eco. (Archive)
Eco was born on January 5, 1932 in Alessandria in the Piedmont region (north) and studied philosophy at the University of Turin, where he received his doctorate in 1956 with the dissertation “Il problema esthetics in San Tommaso”.
From 1962 to 1965 he was Associate Professor of Aesthetics at the Universities of Turin and Milan and continued teaching in other universities of his country such as Bologna, where he was Professor of Semiotics and Philosophy and Director of the Institute of Communication and the Show.
A researcher of the complicated processes of communication and an inspirer of models of interpretation of the literary work, his first semiotic work was La structura assente (The Absent Structure), which he published in 1968 and which was included in the Trattado di semiotica generale (Treatise on General Semiotics) in 1975.
Umberto Eco spent his life surrounded by books. He wrote seven novels over the course of his career.
After the great reception from The name of the Rose published in 1988 Foucault's pendulum which became one of the best-selling books of the year despite not being well received by critics.
He later published The island from the day before (1994), where he ponders the passage of time, the dictates of history, and the complexities of human fate through the vicissitudes of an isolated 17th-century young castaway; Baudolinotakes place in the 12th century with the capture of Byzantium by Christian crusaders in the background and in 2004 Queen Loana's mysterious flame.
His last novels were Prague cemetery (2010), in which he recounts the creation of the apocryphal Protocols of Zion and Number zerowhich was published in 2015, a work in which he speaks ironically about manipulation in the media and the limits of information.
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1855 – KING C. GILLETTE. American businessman King Camp Gillette, inventor of the razor with a thin blade made of disposable stamped steel, was born in the city of Fond du Lac (Wisconsin, USA).
King Camp Gillette. (Web / Clarin)
1931 – ROBERT DUVALL. American actor and film director Robert Duvall, winner of an Oscar, an Emmy and four Golden Globes, was born in the city of San Diego (California, USA). He made more than 60 films.
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1939 – LISANDRO DE LA TORRE. At the age of 70, the lawyer, writer and former MP Lisandro De la Torre from Santa Fe, first president of the Progressive Democratic Party and founder of the newspaper La República, dies in Buenos Aires. As Senator for Santa Fe, he denounced corruption and monopoly in the beef trade with the United Kingdom.
Lisandro de la Torre.
1965 – ELEONORA CASSANO. The dancer Eleonora Cassano, one of the founders of Argentine ballet and stable partner of Julio Bocca, with whom she began working at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, was born in the Boedo district of Buenos Aires.
Eleonora Cassano.
1969 – MARILYN MANSON. American composer, singer, actor and filmmaker Marilyn Manson (Brian Hugh Warner) was born in the city of Canton (Ohio, USA) and gained popularity in the 1990s due to his controversial personality and image. He formed his stage name by combining that of actress Marilyn Monroe and that of criminal Charles Manson.
1973 – BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. The American rock singer and songwriter Bruce Springsteen releases his first studio album, “Greetings from Asbury Park”, with which he gave the impetus to his successful career with the support of the band E Street Band.
1973 – AEROSMITH. The American rock band Aerosmith releases their debut album in the USA under the name of the group founded in Boston, which contains the successful songs “Dream on” and “Walking the dog”.
1976 – HUGO GATTI. Unión de Santa Fe transfers its goalkeeper Hugo Orlando Gatti to Boca Juniors for 600,000 pesos. “Loco” Gatti, who played for River Plate, was an idol for twelve years and the owner of the “Xeneize” goal.
“The crazy one” Gatti.
1998 – GAS ANCHOR. Channel 13 broadcasts the first episode of the popular soap opera Gasoleros, starring Juan Leyrado and Mercedes Morán, supported by Nicolás Cabré, Malena Solda, Matías Santoiani, Alejandro Fiore, Cecilia Milone and Pablo Rago. The one-season flick featured special appearances from Dady Brieva, China Zorrilla, Rubén Rada and Flavio Posca, among others.
2003 – FELIX LOUSTAU. Former footballer Félix Loustau, who was part of the famous River Plate striker team “The Machine” in the 1940s along with Juan Carlos Muñoz, José Manuel Moreno, Ángel Labruna and Adolfo Pedernera, dies in Buenos Aires at the age of 80.
2014 – EUGENIA DE CHIKOFF. At the age of 94, protocol expert Eugenia de Chikoff, popularly known as the Countess of Chikoff for her appearances on radio and television offering advice on protocol and ceremonial norms, social culture and good manners, dies in Buenos Aires.
EUGENIE DE CHIKOFF. (video recording).
Other anniversaries
1543.- The Spanish monk Bartolomé de las Casas, a well-known historian and defender of the indigenous population, disembarks in the port of San Francisco de Campeche (Mexico).
1728.- Foundation of the University of Havana.
1822.- The city councils of Guatemala vote on the annexation of the country to the Mexican Empire, recently announced by Agustín Itúrbide.
1895. – French-Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus, falsely accused of treason, is demoted in a public ceremony at the Paris Military School.
1906.- A violent earthquake shakes the Nicaraguan town of Masaya.
1919.- Founding of the German Workers' Party (DAP), the nucleus of the later National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP).
1925.- Nellie Tayloe Ross takes office as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first female governor in United States history.
1933.- Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco (California, USA).
1940.- Engineer and inventor Edwin H. Armstrong introduces a frequency modulated (FM) radio in the United States.
1950.- Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with nationalist China and recognizes Mao Tse-Tung's regime the next day.
1955.- The final section, 643 kilometers, of the Amazon Railway connecting Brazil and Bolivia is inaugurated.
1968.- Alexander Dubcek is elected First Secretary of the Czech Communist Party.
1972.- Richard Nixon orders the development of the American space program.
1993.- The oil tanker “Braer” runs aground on the coast of Shetland in Scottish waters. In the following days it splits into four parts and pours 85,000 tons of crude oil into the sea.
2005.- Astronomers Michael Brown, Chad Trujillo and David L. Rabinowitz discover the dwarf planet Eris, the most distant in the solar system, using photos from 2003.
2008.- Mikhail Saakashvili is re-elected President of Georgia.
2016.- The new Venezuelan Parliament is formed, the first of the Chavista period with an opposition majority and chaired by the oppositionist Juan Guaidó.
2019.- A ceremony in Istanbul seals the break between the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and Russia.
2020.- Social Democrat Zoran Milanovic wins the presidential elections in Croatia.
.- Chavista deputies elect an almost unknown Luis Parra as president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, while police forces prevented Juan Guaidó, who was re-elected as chairman of the chamber hours later, at the headquarters of the newspaper El Nacional, from entering the chamber.
2021.- The new parliament is formed in Venezuela, controlled by Chavismo.
BIRTH
1744.- Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Spanish politician and writer.
1846.- Rudolf Eucken, German philosopher, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1908.
1876.- Konrad Adenauer, German politician, first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).
1881.- Pablo Gargallo, Spanish sculptor.
1895.- Rebecca C. Lancefield, American microbiologist.
1902.- Ana María Gómez González, Maruja Mallo, Spanish surrealist painter.
1906.- Kathleen Kenyon, British archaeologist.
1921.- Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss painter and writer.
1928.- Walter Mondale, former Vice President of the United States.
– Ali Bhuto, former President and former Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1931.- Robert Duvall, American actor.
1938.- Juan Carlos de Borbón, King Emeritus of Spain.
– Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Kenyan writer.
1941.- Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator.
1942.- Terenci Moix, Spanish writer.
– Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist.
1946.- Diane Keaton, American actress.
1947.- Saskia Sassen, Dutch sociologist.
1953.- George Tenet, former director of the CIA.
1955.- Adriana Ocampo, Colombian planetary geologist.
1956.- Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany.
1969.- Brian Warner, American rock singer, known as Marilyn Manson.
1975.- Bradley Cooper, American actor.
1978.- January Jones, American actress.
1986.- Deepika Padukone, Danish model and actress of Indian origin.
DEATHS
1922.- Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish explorer of Antarctica.
1936.- Ramón María del Valle Inclán, Spanish writer.
1956.- Jeanne Bourgeois, “Mistinguett”, French star, singer and actress.
1979.- Alexandra Balachova, Russian ballet dancer.
1981.- Giuseppe Lanza del Vasto, Italian pacifist.
1990.- Arthur Kennedy, American actor.
1991.- Vasko Popa, Serbian poet of Romanian origin.
1993.- Juan Benet, Spanish writer.
2003.- Roy Jenkins, British politician and former President of the European Commission.
2006.- Rosa María Kucharski, Spanish pianist.
2008.- Raymond Forni, French politician.
2010.- Kenneth Noland, American painter.
2011.- Malangatana Valente Ngwenya, Mozambican painter and poet.
2016.- Pierre Boulez, French composer and conductor.
2018.- John Young, American astronaut and ninth man to walk on the moon.
– Carlos Heitor Cony, Brazilian journalist and writer.
2021.- João Cutileiro, Portuguese sculptor.
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