Today’s ephemeris, June 30: What happened in the world on a day like today

On June 30, but in 1905, Albert Einstein publishes the article “On the Electrodynamics of Bodies in Motion” in the magazine “Annalen der Physik”, in which he exposes for the first time his Special Theory of Relativity.

OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS

1520.- Hernán Cortés He suffers a great defeat at the hands of the Aztecs when he leaves the city of Tenochtitlán, known as “The sad night”.

1732.- A Spanish armed expedition, commanded by the Count of Montemarconquers the Plaza de Oran from the Turks, which was in the power of Spain until 1792.

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1859.- The French tightrope walker charles blondin It crosses Niagara Falls for the first time on a tightrope about 335 meters long and before the eyes of 25,000 spectators.

1862.- The latest chapters are published “The Miserables”by Victor Hugo.

1871.- In Guatemala, a liberal revolution led by Miguel Garcia Granados and Justo Rufino Barrios overthrows the government of President Vicente Cerna. The former becomes provisional president for two years.

1887.- Ethe emperor of brazil Peter IISick, he embarks for Europe and the third period of regency of Princess Elizabeth begins.

1900.- Great fire at the Hoboken docksin New Jersey -in front of New York-, which caused 326 deaths and serious material damage.

1908.- The passage of a meteor destroys about 2,000 square kilometers of forest in central Siberia, an event known as the “Tunguska event”, which released an energy of about 185 times the Hiroshima bomb. The UN chooses that date as International Asteroid Day.

1934.- Adolf Hitler liquidates the extremist faction of his party, the SA, whose leader, Ernst Rohm, and his main collaborators are executed in the “Night of the Long Knives”.

1936.- American writer Margaret Mitchell publishes “Gone With the Wind”.

1950.- Korean War: The American President harry truman orders the dispatch of ground forces to prevent the creation of a communist state following the invasion of the south by forces from the north.

1951.- Delegates from 34 nations, meeting in Frankfurt (FRG), begin the Congress in which the creation of the new Socialist International (SI).

1960.- Independence from the Belgian Congo, later renamed as Zaire (1971) and as Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997).

1966.- Founded in the USA National Organization for Womenthe largest feminist group in that country.

1969.- Argentine union leader Augustus Timothy Vandorwho was committed to a “Peronism without Perón”, is assassinated by five armed men in his office of the Metallurgical Workers’ Union (UOM), in Buenos Aires.

1971.- The three crew members of the Soviet spacecraft die soyuz 11″ due to capsule depressurization shortly before landing. They were pioneers in inhabiting the first orbital station, the “Salyut 1”, for 23 days.

1980.- Vigdis Fihnbogadottir is elected president of Iceland. First woman who by vote accedes to the head of a European State.

– The Pope Juan Pablo II begins a trip of almost two weeks to Brazil in which he visits 13 cities.

1989.- A military junta headed by General Omar Hassan Ahmad al Bashir takes power in Sudan hours after carrying out a coup against the government of Sadek Al Mahdi.

1992.- The Russian Government of Boris Yeltsin approves a broad program of deepening economic reforms, which includes the privatization of companies.

nineteen ninety five.- The Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany approves the sending troops and fighter planes to Bosniaa decision with which he breaks half a century without military intervention abroad.

nineteen ninety six.- The leader of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Leonel Fernandezwon the presidential elections in the second round by beating José Francisco Peña, of the Revolutionary Party (PRD), by 2.5 points.

2002.- Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, of the Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR), prevails in the presidential elections in Bolivia over indigenous leader Evo Morales. Not getting any, 51% of the votes, Sánchez de Lozada was elected by Congress.

2004.- New restrictions of the US Government of George W. Bush come into force against Cubawhich limit the travel of Cuban exiles and the sending of remittances to their families.

2005.- The Spanish Congress approves the same-sex marriage law.

2008.- Microsoft stops selling the Windows Xp.

2010.- The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer declares bankruptcy and closes his studies after almost 90 years of success.

2019.- The US President, Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un They are on the dividing line that separates the two Koreas, which have been at war for almost 70 years.

2021.- The Spanish chef José Andrés and the NGO World Central Kitchen, Princess of Asturias Award for Concord.

– American actor Bill Cosby He is released from prison after his 2018 conviction for sexual assault was overturned.

– They declare a National Monument of Cuba José Martí Library of Havana.

BIRTHS

1906.- Anthony MannAmerican filmmaker.

1909.- Juan Bosch, former president of the Dominican Republic.

1911.- Milosz CzeslawPolish poet and 1980 Nobel laureate.

1917.- Susan HaywardAmerican actress.

1939.- Jose Emilio PachecoMexican poet.

[1945-SeanScullyIrish-born American painter.

1966.- Mike TysonAmerican world heavyweight champion boxer.

1975.-Ralf Schumacher, German former Formula 1 driver.

1985.- Michael PhelpsAmerican swimmer.

DEATHS

1959.- Jose VasconcelosMexican writer and politician.

1987.- Federico Mompou, Spanish composer.

2001.- Chet Atkins, American guitarist.

2009.- Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer.

2012.- Isaac Shamirformer Prime Minister of Israel.

2017.- Simone VeilFrench politics.

2021.- Donald Rumsfeldformer US Secretary of Defense

– Raul of the SourceMexican dubbing actor.

Source: Elcomercio

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